Category: Valvular Heart Diseases
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Aortic Stenosis (AS)
Aortic Stenosis (AS) Aortic stenosis (AS) is a disease of the heart valves in which the opening of the aortic valve is narrowed.The aortic valve is the valve located between the left ventricle of…
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Pulmonary Stenosis
Pulmonary Stenosis Pulmonary Stenosis is a heart valve disorder that involves the pulmonary valve.This valve separates the right ventricle (one of the chambers in the heart) and the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor…
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Mitral Incompetence / Mitral regurgitation
Mitral Incompetence / Mitral regurgitation Mitral Incompetence/Mitral regurgitation (MR) or mitral insufficiency is a disorder of the heart in which the mitral valve does not close properly when the heart pumps out blood. It is the…