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What is the importance of heart valve repair?
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Avoids replacement: Allows restoration of a function and form in the native valve and corrects any malfunction.
Answered 8/24/2011
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Very: If indicated for the mitral valve it is life saving and life style restoring there are risks and the benefits which need to be discussed. Other valves are more frequently replaced aortic in particular.
Answered 3/26/2013
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