Questions To Ask Before Heart Valve Major Surgery
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 heart valve. Blood that flows out of your heart into large arteries must flow through a heart valve.
These valves open up enough so that blood can flow through. They then close, keeping blood from flowing backward.
There are four valves in your heart:
- Aortic valve
- Mitral valve
- Tricuspid valve
- Pulmonary valve
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Tricuspid Valve Disease
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
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Aortic Valve Stenosis
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