perivalvular
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]perivalvular (not comparable)
- Around a valve.
- 2015 June 3, Shahzad Khan et al., “A Complicated Case of Triple Valve Infective Endocarditis in an IV Drug User with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve Requiring Three Separate Salvage Operations: A Case Report and Literature Review”, in Case Reports in Cardiology[1], volume 2015, :
- They also found that these patients are more likely to have a worse prognosis such as developing heart failure, valvular destruction, and/or perivalvular/myocardial abscess [ 5 ].