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Valve replacement
Replacement of one or more of the heart valves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Valve replacement surgery is the replacement of one or more of the heart valves with either an artificial heart valve or a bioprosthesis (homograft from human tissue or xenograft e.g. from pig). It is an alternative to valve repair.
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