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Heart Valves

"Heart Valves" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Flaps of tissue that prevent regurgitation of BLOOD from the HEART VENTRICLES to the HEART ATRIA or from the PULMONARY ARTERIES or AORTA to the ventricles.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Heart Valves" by people in this website by year, and whether "Heart Valves" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Heart Valves" by people in Profiles.
  1. Sociodemographic disparities in concomitant left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac valve operations. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0286337.
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  2. Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Pregnant Patients With Mechanical and Bioprosthetic Heart Valves. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 05 16; 12(10):e028653.
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  3. Proteoglycan 4 (lubricin) is a highly sialylated glycoprotein associated with cardiac valve damage in animal models of infective endocarditis. Glycobiology. 2021 12 18; 31(11):1582-1595.
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  4. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2021 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models for Multiple Valve Operations. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Feb; 113(2):511-518.
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  5. Comparison of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Bioprosthetic Heart Valves. Am J Cardiol. 2021 05 01; 146:22-28.
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  6. Commentary: 10,000 hours or 10,000 cases? An argument for regionalization of coronary and cardiac valve surgery in the new era. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 12; 164(6):1804-1805.
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  7. Carcinoid Heart Disease: Pathophysiology, Pathology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management. Cardiology. 2021; 146(1):65-73.
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  8. Technical considerations for repeat transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a failing Direct Flow Medical transcatheter heart valve. EuroIntervention. 2020 Sep 18; 16(7):556-557.
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  9. Percutaneous edge-to-edge repair for common atrioventricular valve regurgitation in a patient with heterotaxy syndrome, single ventricle physiology, and unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 08; 96(2):384-388.
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  10. Multivalvular Endocarditis Involving 3 Valves in a Nonsurgical Candidate. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec; 8:2324709620936855.
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