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artificial heart valve |
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artificial heart valve Cardiovascular surgery A synthetic-mechanical or natural–porcine–valve surgically placed into the heart to replace a defective or malfunctioning valve; the aortic and mitral valves are the most frequently
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| schroeteri causing endocarditis on an artificial heart valve. The first artificial heart valve was implanted in 1952, the first artificial hip replacement in 1954. When he turned 17, a physician who was a family friend introduced him to a heart surgeon who had developed an artificial heart valve. |
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