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22 Cards in this Set
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allograft aka homograft
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heart valve replacement made from a human heart valve
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annuloplasty
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repair of a cardiac valve's outer ring
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aortic valve
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semilunar valve located between the left ventricle and the aorta
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autograft
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heart valve replacement made from the patient's own heart valve (eg, the pulmonic valve is excised and used as an aortic valve)
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cardiomyopathy
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disease of the heart muscle
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chordoplasty
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repair of the stringy, tendinous fibers that connect the free edges of the AV valve leaflets to the papillary muscles
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commissurotomy
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splitting or separating fused cardiac valve leaflets
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heterograft aka xenograft
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heart valve replacement made of tissue from an animal heart valve
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homograft is aka
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allograft
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leaflet repair
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repair of a cardiac valve's movable "flaps" (leaflets)
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mitral valve
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AV valve located between the left atrium and left ventricle
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orthotopic transplantation
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the recipient's heart is removed, and a donor heart is grafted into the same site; the patient has one heart
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prolapse (of a valve)
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stretching of an AV heart valve leaflet into the atrium during systole
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pulmonic valve
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semilunar valve located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
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regurgitation
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backward flow of blood through a heart valve
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stenosis
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narrowing or obstruction of a cardiac valve's orifice
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total artificial heart
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mechanical device used to aid a failing heart, assisting the right and left ventricles
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tricuspid valve
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AV valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle
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valve replacement
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insertion of a device at the site of a malfunctioning heart valve to restore blood flow in one direction through the heart
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What is the maximum lenth of time a NAVTEX can run?
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40 min
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ventricular assist device
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mechanical device used to aid a failing right or left ventricle
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xenograft aka
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heterograft
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