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What is the significance of a distressed heart valve?
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It depends: There are many causes of a "distressed" valave and the significance depend on the cause as well as on the extent of the"distress.".
Answered 4/12/2020
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Not a commonly: Used expression...Does the valve leak or is it steno tic & what is the severity of such condition.
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