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  • Annuloplasty

    repair of a cardiac valve's outer ring
  • Aortic Valve

    semilunar valve located between the left ventricle and aorta
  • Autograft

    heart valve replacement made from the patient's own heart valve
  • Bioprosthesis

    heart valve replacement made of tissue from an animal heart valve
  • Cardiomyopathy

    disease of the heart muscle
  • Chordae Tendineae

    nondistensible fibrous strands connecting papillary muscle to atrioventricular (mitral, tricuspid) valve leaflets
  • Commissurotomy

    splitting or separating fused cardiac valve leaflets
  • Ejection Fraction

    percentage of the end-diastolic blood volume ejected from the ventricle with each heartbeat
  • Homograft

    heart valve replacement made from a human heart valve
  • Leaflet Repair

    repair of a cardiac valve's movable "flaps"
  • Mitral Valve

    atrioventricular valve located between the left atrium and left ventricle
  • Orthotopic Transplantation

    the recipient's heart is removed and a donor heart is grafted into the same site
  • Prolapse (of a valve)

    stretching of an atrioventricular heart valve leaflet into the atrium during systole
  • Pulmonic Valve

    semilunar valve located between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery
  • Regurgitation

    backward flow of blood through a heart valve
  • Stenosis

    narrowing or obstruction of a cardiac valve's orifice
  • Total Artificial Heart

    mechanical device used to aid a failing heart, replacing the right and left ventricles
  • Tricuspid Valve

    atrioventricular valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle
  • Valve replacement

    insertion of either a mechanical prosthetic valve or a bioprosthetic, homograft, or autograft tissue valve at the site of a malfunctioning heart valve to restore normal blood flow through the heart
  • Valvuloplasty

    repair of a stenosed or regurgitant cardiac valve by commissurotomy, annuloplasty, or leaflet repair (or a combination of procedures)
  • Ventricular Assist Device

    mechanical device used to aid a failing right or left ventricle