The Crisis
Structural heart care has changed.
Access has not.
We now have earlier intervention, TAVR, TEER, specialized valve clinics, AI, and portable ultrasound — yet thousands of patients remain undiagnosed or enter care too late. The next frontier is no longer treatment. It is access.
The Structural Heart Access Crisis
The invisible patients inside our healthcare system
0%
of US adults 65–85
have moderate or greater valvular heart disease.
0M
Americans aged 65–85
currently have moderate or greater valvular heart disease.
0%
of adults over 65
have previously undiagnosed valve disease.
0M
asymptomatic Americans
have at least mild valvular heart disease.
These patients are not outside the healthcare system. They are in primary care and senior living facilities — but remain invisible to structural heart disease programs.
Why Now?
Four transformative technologies have converged
Creating a historic window to act.
AI-Enabled Digital Auscultation
Smart stethoscopes detect murmurs with algorithmic precision at the point of care.
Portable Point-of-Care Echocardiography
Handheld ultrasound brings imaging directly into communities, no hospital required.
AI-Assisted Image Interpretation
Machine learning accelerates review and reduces dependency on in-person specialists.
Mature Structural Heart Therapies
TAVR and TEER are proven, accessible, and ready to receive referred patients.
The technology already exists. What is missing is an integrated, scalable pathway that brings these innovations together.
What If?
What if every older adult had a front door to heart care?
Evaluation in Under 10 Minutes
Every older adult receives a comprehensive cardiovascular evaluation — faster than a routine office visit.
Care Where They Live
Evaluations occur in senior living communities, faith centers, and neighborhood settings — not hospital waiting rooms.
Portable AI Identifies Actionable Disease
AI-enabled technologies surface clinically significant structural heart findings in real time.
Automatic Entry Into Specialty Care
Every participant with an actionable finding is automatically navigated into a structured specialty care pathway.
That is VLOOP.