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Aortic Valve Stenosis Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Aortic Valve Replac...
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Balloon Aortic Valvotomy
- Heart Valve Repair
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Patients with aortic stenosis are usually told not to play competitive sports, even if they don't have symptoms. If symptoms do occur, strenuous activity must be limited.
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Treatment depends on the symptoms and how the heart's function is affected. The valve can be opened without surgery by using a balloon catheter, but this is often a temporary solution. The procedure involves inserting a deflated balloon at the end...
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Aortic valve replacement is the insertion of a mechanical or tissue valve in place of the diseased native aortic valve.
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Blood flows out of your heart and into the aorta through a valve. This valve is called the aortic valve. It opens up so blood can flow out. It then closes, keeping blood from flowing backwards. Aortic valve surgery is done to either repair or repl...
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Heart valve repair is a surgical procedure used to correct a malfunctioning heart valve. Repair usually involves separating the valve leaflets (the one-way "doors" of the heart valve which open and close to pump blood through the heart) or forcing...
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