Assertion: valve | /r/HasProperty | repaired
Facets:
value: particularly
type: DEGREE
value: by connecting the flail leaflets
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The valve may be repaired by connecting the flail leaflets, repairing broken chord, tightening the structure around the valve, or removing excess tissue when heart enlargement occurs.
text: Whenever possible, the valve is repaired, although even in the most experienced hands some patients will require valve replacement.
text: Long-term survival is excellent if surgery is performed before the heart becomes too dilated or weak, particularly if the valve can be repaired rather than replaced.
text: Some types of congenital heart valve disease are so severe that the valve is repaired or replaced during infancy, childhood, or even before birth.
text: When the aortic valve becomes excessively obstructed (stenotic) or leaky (regurgitation or insufficiency), the valve must be repaired or replaced.
text: If your valve can be repaired, you’ll probably have one of the procedures below: