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valvular heart disease

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Noun1.valvular heart disease - heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitationvalvular heart disease - heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation
cardiopathy, heart disease - a disease of the heart
aortic stenosis - abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve
mitral valve prolapse - cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart
mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis - obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)


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00 Hardcover Surgical techniques atlas series RD598 Cardiac surgeons from across North America, with a few colleagues in Germany, offer a visual aid for teaching procedures and techniques of operations for coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, aortic disease, and other conditions.
Valvular heart disease involves one or more of the valves of the heart and problems with the valves can occur at birth or can be acquired throughout life due to other causes.
The other sections provide useful medical information including the aetiology of CHF and evidence for the diagnosis of CHF, and other management strategies including pharmacological therapy, devices (eg, pacing), surgery, and treatment of associated disorders such as cardiac arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, and chronic heart disease.
 
 
 
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