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2. Tricuspid valve - Wikipedia

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   The tricuspid valve, or right atrioventricular valve, is on the right dorsal side of the mammalian heart, at the superior portion of the right ventricle.The function of the valve is to allow blood to flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle during diastole, and to close to prevent backflow (regurgitation) from the right ventricle into the right atrium during right ventricular ...

3. Valve replacement - Wikipedia

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   Tricuspid valve replacement; Pulmonary valve replacement; Current aortic valve replacement approaches include closed heart surgery, Very invasive cardiac surgery (VICS) and Very invasive, Scapulae-based aortic valve replacement. Catheter replacement of the aortic valve (called trans-aortic valve replacement or implementation [TAVR or TAVI]) is ...

4. Tricuspid regurgitation - Wikipedia

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   In cases of severe organic lesions of the valve, such as endocarditis, the valve may be excised. Tricuspid valve replacement with either a mechanical valve or a bioprosthesis may be indicated depending on the patient. [15] Mechanical prostheses can cause thromboembolic phenomena, while bioprostheses may degenerate with use. [11]

5. Artificial heart valve - Wikipedia

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   An artificial heart valve is a one-way valve implanted into a person's heart to replace a heart valve that is not functioning properly (valvular heart disease). Artificial heart valves can be separated into three broad classes: mechanical heart valves, bioprosthetic tissue valves and engineered tissue valves.

6. Woman's Apple Watch alerts her to elevated heart rate. Turns ...

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   Dumbauld underwent a Ross procedure with a mitral valve and tricuspid valve repair, an extensive and complex surgery, Dr. Ismail El-Hamamsy says. ... she also needed to have her mitral valve and ...

7. Fontan procedure - Wikipedia

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   The Fontan Kreutzer procedure is used in pediatric patients who possess only a single functional ventricle, either due to lack of a heart valve (e.g. tricuspid or mitral atresia), an abnormality of the pumping ability of the heart (e.g. hypoplastic left heart syndrome or hypoplastic right heart syndrome), or a complex congenital heart disease where a bi-ventricular repair is impossible or ...