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2. Aortic valve - Wikipedia

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   The aortic valve is a valve in the heart of humans ... "bileaflet"). Mechanical valves require lifelong anticoagulation to avoid forming blood clots on the valves ...

3. Artificial heart valve - Wikipedia

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   An aortic homograft is an aortic valve from a human donor, retrieved either after their death or from a heart that is removed to be replaced during a heart transplant. [12] A pulmonary autograft, also known as the Ross procedure , is where the aortic valve is removed and replaced with the patient's own pulmonary valve (the valve between the ...

4. Bicuspid aortic valve - Wikipedia

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   Bicuspid aortic valves are the most common cardiac valvular anomaly, occurring in 1–2% of the general population. It is twice as common in males as in females. [23] Bicuspid aortic valve is a heritable condition, with a demonstrated association with mutations in the NOTCH1 gene. [24] Its heritability is as high as 89%. [25]

5. Björk–Shiley valve - Wikipedia

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   Björk–Shiley valve, as depicted in patent #US003824629. The Björk–Shiley valve is a mechanical artificial heart valve. The valve was co-invented by American engineer Donald Shiley and Swedish heart surgeon Viking Björk. Beginning in 1971, it has been used to replace aortic valves and mitral valves. It was the first successful tilting ...

6. Apicoaortic conduit - Wikipedia

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   Apicoaortic Conduit (AAC), also known as Aortic Valve Bypass (AVB), is a cardiothoracic surgical procedure that alleviates symptoms caused by blood flow obstruction from the left ventricle of the heart. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) is caused by narrowing of the aortic valve (aortic stenosis) and other valve disorders. AAC ...

7. Kathy Ireland Reveals What She Did to Get Fired from “Saved ...

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   "I think I was only there the first day. Maybe I made it to day two," she added. "We did the read-throughs and they staged it, and then they're like, we better get somebody else."