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22 Cards in this Set
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Allograft
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* heart valve replacement made from a human heart valve
* synonym: homograft |
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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 patients own heart valve, e.g. the 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 atroventricular valve leaflets to the papillary muscles
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Commissurotomy
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splitting or separating fused cardiac valve leaftlets
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Heterograft
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* heart valve replacement made of tissue from an animal heart valve
* synonym: xenograft |
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Homograft
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* heart valve replacement made from a human heart valve
* synonym: allograft |
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Leaftlet Repair
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repair of a cardiac valve's moveable "flaps" (leaflets)
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Mitral Valve
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atrioventricular valve located between the left atrium and the left ventricle
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Orthotopic Transplantation
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the recipients's heart is removed, and a donor heart is grafted into the same site; the patient has one heart
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Prolapse
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* of a valve
* stretching of an atrioventricular 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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atrioventricular 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 of a malfunctioning heart valve to restore blood flow in one direction through the heart
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Valvuloplasty
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repair of a stenosed or regurgitant cardiac valve by commissurtotomy, annuloplasty, leaflet repair, or chordoplasty (or a combination of procedures)
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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
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* heart replacement made of tissue from an animal heart valve
* synonym: heterograft |
