aortic valve
Cardiac outflow portal
The aortic valve is the heart valve between the left ventricle and the aorta, opening to allow oxygen-rich blood to flow out to the body and closing to prevent backflow.
It has three leaflets and is one of four valves that keep blood moving in one direction through the heart.
The surgeon replaced his damaged aortic valve.
Abnormal bodily narrowing
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
- bicuspidDouble-cusped grinding tooth
endocarditis · sclerosis · prolapse · congenital · dilatation · aneurysm · fibrosis · rheumatic
Single-sheet printed handout
- annulusRegion between two circles
- cuspPoint of transition
- semilunarHaving half-moon form
- orificeBodily passage entrance
commissure · sinus · root · ventricle · myocardium · endocardium · pericardium · mitral
Soft, indistinct continuous sound
- auscultationMedical listening examination
- echocardiographyUltrasound imaging of heart
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- angiographyImaging of blood vessels
doppler · gradient · ejection · systole · diastole · afterload · cardiac output · pressure
What takes another's place
- repairRestore to working order
- transcatheterDone via inserted tube
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
homograft · sternotomy · cardiopulmonary bypass · anticoagulation
stenosis
Abnormal bodily narrowing
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
bicuspid · endocarditis · sclerosis · prolapse · congenital · dilatation · aneurysm · fibrosis · rheumatic · degenerative
leaflet
Single-sheet printed handout
orifice · commissure · sinus · root · ventricle · myocardium · endocardium · pericardium · mitral · tricuspid
murmur
Soft, indistinct continuous sound
- auscultationMedical listening examination
- echocardiographyUltrasound imaging of heart
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
angiography · doppler · gradient · ejection · systole · diastole · afterload · cardiac output · pressure · bruit
replacement
What takes another's place
- repairRestore to working order
- transcatheterDone via inserted tube
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
mechanical · homograft · sternotomy · cardiopulmonary bypass · anticoagulation
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- cardiologyheart attack, heart failure, heart rate, heartbeat, cardiologist
- cardiopulmonaryheart rate, lungs, blood pressure, circulation, breathing
- heart anatomymyocardium, endocardium, pericardium, atrium, ventricle
- aorta
- cardiac devicespacemaker, defibrillator, heart monitor, ECG, EKG machine
aortic valveleft ventricle
Heart's systemic pumping chamber
right atrium · left atrium · right ventricle · heart chamber