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control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
(of brass instruments) having valves

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Komiya T1.
General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.2015 Feb 5. [Epub ahead of print]
The key for successful valve repair is full understanding of the regurgitant mechanism and sufficient evaluation of the valve. Currently, multidetector computed tomography has been introduced for evaluation. The aortic valve can be analyzed in details preoperatively. The main causes of aortic regurg
PMID 25652725

Adachi K1, Yamaguchi A, Yuri K, Matsumoto H, Ito S, Kimura N, Adachi H.
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery.Kyobu Geka.2015 Feb;68(2):129-32.
A 71-year-old woman presented with heart failure due to aortic and mitral valve regurgitation. She had developed midiastinitis and graft infection, 15 months before, following replacement of the ascending aorta for acute aortic dissection. Omentum flap operation had been performed and the infection
PMID 25743357

Does concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty increase perioperative mortality and morbidity when correcting left-sided valve disease?

Zhu TY1, Wang JG1, Meng X2.
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg.2015 Jan;20(1):114-8. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivu326. Epub 2014 Sep 26.
A best evidence topic in adult valvular surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was 'Does concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty increase the perioperative mortality and morbidity when correcting left-sided valve disease ' A total of 561 papers were found using the
PMID 25260896

Early to Midterm Results of Cardiac Surgery with Concomitant Pulmonary Resection

HOSOBA Soh,HANAOKA Jun,SUZUKI Tomoaki,TAKASHIMA Noriyuki,KAMBARA Atsushi,MATSUBAYASHI Keiji,ASAI Tohru
Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 18(1), 8-11, 2012-02-01
… Cardiac procedures consisted of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (n = 4), aortic valve replacement (n = 3), mitral valve plasty (n = 2), total arch replacement (n = 1), and descending aorta replacement (n = 1). …
NAID 10030235673

Aortic Valve Replacement Combined with the Endoventricular Patch Technique for Aortic Valve Stenosis Complicated by Ischemic Heart Disease

MORIMOTO Keisuke,KIMURA Azumi,NISHIMURA Kengo,MIYASAKA Shigeto,MAETA Hiroyuki,TANIGUCHI Iwao
Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 17(6), 607-610, 2011-12-01
… The indication for aortic valve replacement (AVR) combined left ventricular (LV) plasty in the patient with aortic valve stenosis (AS) complicated by ischemic heart disease is controversial. …
NAID 10030235558