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2. Abbott's heart valve repair device gains US FDA approval - AOL

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   The Abbott device, TriClip, aims to treat tricuspid regurgitation (TR), which occurs when the valve separating the right lower chamber of the heart from the right upper does not close properly ...

3. Tricuspid regurgitation - Wikipedia

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   Tricuspid regurgitation. Tricuspid regurgitation (TR), also called tricuspid insufficiency, is a type of valvular heart disease in which the tricuspid valve of the heart, located between the right atrium and right ventricle, does not close completely when the right ventricle contracts (systole). TR allows the blood to flow backwards from the ...

4. Valve replacement - Wikipedia

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   Valve replacement. Valve replacement. ICD-9-CM. V43.3. [edit on Wikidata] Valve replacement surgery is the replacement of one or more of the heart valves with either an artificial heart valve or a bioprosthesis (homograft from human tissue or xenograft e.g. from pig). It is an alternative to valve repair.

5. Artificial heart valve - Wikipedia

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   The repairing process of the artificial heart valve regurgitation and stenosis usually requires an open-heart surgery, and a repair or partial replacement of regurgitant valves is usually preferred. [24] Researchers are investigating catheter-based surgery that allows repair of an artificial heart valve without large incisions. [33]

6. Heart valve repair - Wikipedia

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   cardiac surgery. ICD-9-CM. 35.0 - 35.2. [ edit on Wikidata] Heart valve repair is a cardiac surgery procedure, carried out to repair one or more faulty heart valves. In some valvular heart diseases repair where possible is preferable to valve replacement. A mechanical heart valve is a replacement valve that is not itself subject to repair.

7. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Tricuspid atresia. The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle. ... Replacement valves may come from a donated human heart or animal or be a manufactured ...