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Valvular Heart Disease: Replacement and Repair
Key Points 1. Although various valvular lesions generate different physiologic changes, all valvular heart disease is characterized by abnormalities of ventricular loading. 2. The left ventricle normally compensates for increases in afterload by increases in preload. This increase in end-diastolic…