Heart valve replacement surgery is a procedure performed to replace a damaged or diseased heart valve with a prosthetic valve. The heart has four valves: the aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonary valves. These valves control blood flow through the heart and into the rest of the body. When one or more valves do not function properly manner.
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