# Heart Valve Master — Educational game for UK GPs

> Educational game for UK GPs to diagnose heart valve disease symptoms. (iPhone/iPad app by Add-app BV.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-valve-master/id1395824728 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Add-app BV](https://appshunter.io/developer/1115123062)
- Category: Games, Health & Fitness, Role Playing, Simulation
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.00/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 3 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 243 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-05-27
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-valve-master/id1395824728/reviews.md

## What is Heart Valve Master?

Heart Valve Master© was developed in collaboration with medical and cardiology experts Dr. R. van den Brink (Amsterdam UMC) and Dr. J. Wittekoek (Heartlife Clinics) with input from Dr Yassir Javaid, General Practitioner and Primary Care Cardiovascular lead at East Midlands Strategic Clinical Network in the UK. The game is powered by Edwards Lifesciences. 

A player steps into a virtual GP practice to improve the quality of life of patients with heart valve disease symptoms by increasing the patients ‘happiness score’. By playing the game, GPs are training in a systematic way to: 

1. Assess patient medical history and ask appropriate questions about his/her symptoms 
2. Perform a physical examination and auscultation: performing all tests necessary to detect the cause of the symptoms, including cardiac auscultation with the recognition of heart sounds typically found in patients with heart valve disease. 
3. Make a diagnosis based on clinical history and results from physical examination
4. Make a provisional diagnosis and determine the appropriate referral pathway 

To support learning, the cardiologist ‘avatar’ provides feedback on the players diagnosis and explains symptoms and signs of heart valve disease in more detail. The additional learning parts are theoretical pieces of information based on the current guidelines for GPs and cardiologists in the UK.
 
Education through gamification, enables aspiring GPs and GPs to use this as an effective learning tool.
E9189/02-19/THV

## Key features

- Assess patient medical history
- Perform physical examinations and auscultation
- Recognize heart sounds
- Make diagnoses and referral pathways
- Receive feedback from cardiologist avatar
- Learn about heart valve disease guidelines

## Recent user reviews (3 of 3)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-valve-master/id1395824728/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Heart valve Master

*2019-10-19*

After download, crashed and never open, immediately goes back to main (iOS 9) iPad screen!!.Will you correct this failure?
Thanks

Even after latest update, failed to download and crashed, there was mentioned that there is update dated Oct 18, 2019 but never show in my iPad which could fix the bug prevents this app to full download?!
Thanks

**Developer response:** Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

Heart Valve Master is updated for iOS 11. Please ensure your advice is updated with the latest software available on your device. Do let us know if this problem remains after the update.

Kind regards,
The Heart Valve Master team

### 1/5 — No sound

*2019-09-11, version 1.8*

How can I make a diagnosis from auscultation if there’s no sound!

### 1/5 — Don’t bother

*2019-05-02, version 1.7*

I have met one of the authors, who is an inspiring and engaging speaker. I am surprised that he has put his name to this. It was on my phone for 3 minutes before I deleted it. Boring, patronising rubbish. The music makes it worse. No quality control or proof reading. The “action” takes place in a setting so far removed from UK GP it might as well be on Mars. The consultation is a masterclass in how not to speak to patients. Closed question after closed question. I couldn’t escape the horror to see whether they just do a heart sounds quiz, so off it went. You’d learn more with 40minuted with a cardiologist than this app could ever teach you. Dr Javaid, you should be embarrassed.

## Frequently asked questions about Heart Valve Master

### What is Heart Valve Master?

Heart Valve Master is an educational game developed for UK General Practitioners to improve their ability to diagnose and manage patients with heart valve disease symptoms. It uses gamification to train users in patient assessment, examination, and diagnosis.

### Who developed Heart Valve Master?

Heart Valve Master was developed in collaboration with medical and cardiology experts, including Dr. R. van den Brink, Dr. J. Wittekoek, and Dr. Yassir Javaid. The game is powered by Edwards Lifesciences.

### What specific skills does Heart Valve Master help GPs develop?

The game trains GPs to assess patient medical history, perform physical examinations including cardiac auscultation, recognize heart sounds associated with valve disease, make diagnoses, and determine appropriate referral pathways.

### Does Heart Valve Master offer offline play?

The provided data does not specify whether Heart Valve Master supports offline play. It is an educational game designed for training purposes.

### What is the age rating for Heart Valve Master?

Heart Valve Master has an age rating of 17+, indicating it is intended for adult users, specifically medical professionals.

### How often is Heart Valve Master updated?

The latest version of Heart Valve Master is 2.0, and it was last updated on March 31, 2021. Further update frequency information is not available.

### What devices is Heart Valve Master available on?

Heart Valve Master is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices, suggesting it is primarily an iOS application.

### What is the user feedback on Heart Valve Master?

Heart Valve Master has a rating of 2.0 stars from 3 ratings. This indicates a generally low user satisfaction based on the limited available reviews.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0 — 2021-03-31

- Added Italian version

### 1.9.2 — 2019-10-18

Minor bugfix.

### 1.9.1 — 2019-10-04

Bugfix regarding the layout of the buttons.

### 1.9 — 2019-10-02

Minor updates and bugfixes

### 1.8 — 2019-07-16

- Updates patient 1 and 2.

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