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coaptation

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coaptation [ˌkəʊæpˈteɪʃən]
n
(Medicine) the joining or reuniting of two surfaces, esp the ends of a broken bone or the edges of a wound
[from Late Latin coaptātiō a meticulous joining together, from Latin co- together + aptāre to fit]


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We hereby reporting a case, whose three papillary muscles with severe insufficiency in the coaptation of the mitral valve leaflets were assessed with the use of the live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.
It can reinforce a coaptation site, wrap a partially severed or compressed nerve, and isolate nerve tissue during the healing process.
A mild degree of central aortic insufficiency resulting from incomplete diastolic coaptation of the cusps was detected by continuous Doppler echocardiography.
 
 
 
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