Heart valve repair is a cardiac surgery procedure carried out to repair one or more faulty heart valves. In many valvular heart diseases, repairing the valve where possible is preferable to replacing it; a mechanical heart valve, used as a replacement, is not itself subject to repair.
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Heart valve repair is a cardiac surgery procedure, carried out to repair one or more faulty heart valves.
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