Combined Science GCSE
Faulty heart valve
What Faulty heart valve means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Faulty heart valve
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A valve that may become faulty by preventing the valve from opening fully, or by developing a leak.
Topics that use Faulty heart valve
Related terms
- Artificial heart
- Mechanical valve
- Biological valve
- Coronary heart disease
- Donor heart and heart-lung transplantation
- Heart failure
- Leaky valve
- Organ shortage
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