Valve surgery fixes a valve that isn’t opening or closing properly so that blood can flow in the right direction.
An angio of your heart is a special x ray used to look at your heart’s pipes to see if they are narrowed or blocked.
A pacemaker is a small machine that helps control your heart rhythm.
During bypass surgery, a better piece of pipe is put in to make a new pathway for blood to move round the narrowed or blocked pipe.
A defibrillator is a machine that is used to treat dangerously fast heartbeats by giving a lifesaving shock.
A stent is a small, mesh tube used to keep a narrowed or blocked pipe open.
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