A flap of tissue that prevent backflow of blood around the heart.
1Radiation may cause heart rhythm disorders or damage arteries and heart valves.
2Flexure is an important mode of deformation for native and bioprosthetic heart valves.
3The jury rejected its counterclaims that Boston Scientific's heart valves infringed its patents.
4The valve is designed to replace diseased, damaged or malfunctioning aortic heart valves.
5It is even a more uncommon cause of endocarditis of native heart valves.
6Background: Bioprosthetic heart valves are more frequently being used in valve replacement procedures today.
7Adequate heparinization is considered to prevent stroke in pregnant women with prosthetic heart valves.
8If it invades the heart valves, it can be fatal.
9In the first quarter, sales of transcatheter heart valves soared 37 percent, the company said.
10Mayo Clinic researchers say the drugs may have caused deformed heart valves in 24 women.
11This now affected three of her four heart valves.
12Her mother Lisa Mallett donated her daughter Jadene's heart valves when she died aged one.
13All heart valves were involved in one patient.
14Transcatheter heart valves are promising for high-risk patients.
15Conclusions: The results with the juvenile sheep model showed that decellularized heart valves are recellularized in vivo.
16They think his heart valves are seeded with bacteria, the nurse said, looking up from her computer.
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