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Diseases of Heart Valves

Heart has 4 valves - Aortic, mitral, pulmonary and tricuspid. We will focus only on aortic and mitral as they are commonly affected. A valve problem can arise either because of valve stenosis (tightening) or valve regurgitation (leaking). Click on the following conditions to know more about them.

Aortic Stenosis
Aortic Regurgitation
Mitral Stenosis
Mitral Regurgitation

Figure - Anatomy of the heart

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