valve replacement
Heart part exchange
Valve replacement is a surgical procedure in which a damaged or diseased heart valve is removed and replaced with an artificial or biological substitute.
The replacement valve may be mechanical (metal and synthetic materials) or bioprosthetic (from pig, cow, or human donor tissue).
Her cardiologist recommended valve replacement after the echocardiogram showed severe stenosis.
- stenosisAbnormal bodily narrowing
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- heart transplantReplacing a failing pump
- bypass surgeryRerouting blood past blockages
- echocardiographyUltrasound imaging of heart
chordae tendineae · calcification · endocarditis · heart surgery · ventricles · bovine · porcine · homograft · artificial heart · blood thinner · mechanical · heart-lung machine · beating heart · minimally invasive · thoracotomy · heart · catheter · cardiac
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valve replacementmedical management
Non-surgical therapeutic care
conservative treatment · watchful waiting · stent placement · angioplasty · stent
valve replacementwatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
medical therapy · observation · palliative care · lifestyle modification · hospice care