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Would having a mechanical mitral valve be considered a heart condition?
Having a mechanical mitral valve is considered a condition affecting the heart, but it is not a primary heart condition. Rather, it is a treatment for a different underlying heart condition, such as mitral valve disease or regurgitation. The mechanical valve is a prosthetic device used to replace a malfunctioning or damaged natural mitral valve.
Can CPR be done if a person has a mechanical heart valve?
Yes you can perform CPR on a person with an artificial heart valve. There is no difference on the CPR procedure with an artificial valve.
What is an example of a sentence using the word valve?
You have to have an operation to replace a heart valve. They had to replace the burned out valve on the truck.
How long has a patient lived with a BjorkShiley mechanical aortic heart valve lived?
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Should a defibrillator be used on a patient with a mechanical heart valve replacement?
Yes. A damaged valve - the worst case scenario - is preferable to death by ventricular fibrillation.
What is the difference between a mechanical heart valve versus a biological valve?
mechanical can hold up to life but medication is needed every day for life biological is a more normal life but have to re op. 10- 20 years gl
What is the best type of valve used in heart valve replacement?
"As a registered nurse, I am aware there are two common types of aortic valves used for replacement. There are mechanical valves and valves from animals. The decision needs to be made with your doctor as with each there are positives and negatives. Choice on which valve will be determined by case to case."
What prevents blood from flowing back into the heart?
The valve
What Heart valve in back of the heart?
Mitral Valve
What is the valve between the heart and artery of the body called?
The valve between the heart and the aorta is the aortic valve, and the valve between the heart and the pulmonary artery is the pulmonic valve.
Will CPR or Defibrillation work on someone with a mechanical Mitral Valve?
Yes, CPR and defribrillation will work on someone with a mechanical mitral valve.
What are the heart's valves?
There are four valves in the heart--the aortic valve, pulmonary valve, mitral valve, and tricuspid valve--each at the exit of one of the heart's four chambers.
