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| − | Heart disease due to one or more abnormal heart valves. Abnormally narrowed or leaky heart valves can interfere with the heart’s ability to push blood forward from chamber to chamber, and then out to the lungs, coronary arteries and aorta. | + | Heart disease due to one or more abnormal heart valves. Abnormally narrowed or leaky heart valves can interfere with the heart’s ability to push blood forward from chamber to chamber, and then out to the lungs, coronary arteries and aorta. |
| + | (Adapted from [[ICRP Publication 120]], 2012) | ||
| − | ''[[ICRP Glossary]] | + | '''Return to [[ICRP Glossary|Glossary]]''' |
Latest revision as of 14:34, 7 September 2021
Heart disease due to one or more abnormal heart valves. Abnormally narrowed or leaky heart valves can interfere with the heart’s ability to push blood forward from chamber to chamber, and then out to the lungs, coronary arteries and aorta.
(Adapted from ICRP Publication 120, 2012)
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