Heart Valve Repair
Researchers who tested a reversible implant called the Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty (PTMA) system--which is installed via a catheter--say this new method appears effective in repairing leaky mitral heart valves.
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What is a Leaky Valve?
Lisa Nelson RD #3: Please explain briefly what a leaking valve is and if someone chooses not to correct a "leaky valve" via surgery... Read more »
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Heart valve surgery
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Heart valve surgery is used to repair or replace diseased heart valves.Blood that flows between different chambers of your heart must flow through a... Read more »
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Valvular pulmonary stenosis; Heart valve pulmonary stenosis; Pulmonary stenosis; Stenosis - pulmonary valve; Balloon valvuloplasty - pulmonary ... Read more »
Mitral valve prolapse
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Barlow syndrome; Floppy mitral valve; Myxomatous mitral valve; Billowing mitral valve; Systolic click-murmur syndrome; Prolapsing mitral leaflet... Read more »
Mitral Valve Proplase Patient Guide
The most common heart valve abnormality is called Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), which affects between 5 percent and 20 percent of the ... Read more »
Aortic Valve Disease
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Aortic Valve Disease entails damage to, and dysfunction of, the aortic valve, one of the four valves in the heart.The most common valvular problem in... Read more »
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