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Heart Valve Surgery replaces an abnormal or diseased heart valve with a healthy one. The replacement valve can be mechanical (synthetic) or bioprosthetic (from an animal or human). In this illustration, a diseased mitral valve is replaced by a prosthetic valve, restoring a normal blood flow pattern.
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