heart valve
1heart valve — n any of the valves that control blood flow to and from the heart and that include the atrioventricular valves, the aortic valve, and the pulmonary valve called also cardiac valve …
2Heart valve — In anatomy, the heart valves are valves in the heart that maintain the unidirectional flow of blood by opening and closing depending on the difference in pressure on each side. The mechanical equivalent of the heart valves would be the reed… …
3Heart valve repair — Intervention ICD 9 CM 35.0 35.2 Heart valve repair is a surgical technique used to fix defects in …
4Heart valve dysplasia — is a congenital heart defect which affects the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid heart valves. Pulmonary valve stenosis and aortic valve stenosis are discussed separately. Dysplasia of the mitral and tricuspid valves can cause leakage of… …
5Heart valve stenosis — can refer to one of the following conditions: * Mitral stenosis * Aortic valve stenosis …
6heart valve prosthesis — prosthetic heart valve; see under valve …
7heart valve — noun 1. a valve to control one way flow of blood • Syn: ↑cardiac valve • Hypernyms: ↑valve • Hyponyms: ↑atrioventricular valve, ↑semilunar valve • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
8heart valve — noun The valves in heart which prevent blood from moving wrong direction …
9heart valve — membrane that controls the flow of blood in and out of the heart …
10Artificial heart valve — An artificial heart valve is a device implanted in the heart of a patient with heart valvular disease. When one of the four heart valves malfunctions, the medical choice may be to replace the natural valve with an artificial valve. This requires… …
