subvalvular

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ valvular

Adjective

subvalvular (not comparable)

1. Beneath a (heart) valve
   • 2015 July 8, Zhixuan Bai et al., “Diagnosis and surgical treatment for isolated tricuspid libman-sacks endocarditis: a rare case report and literatures review”, in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery‎^[1], volume 10, →DOI:

     In our case we also judged the difficulty of repair due to multiple vegetations formation on the subvalvular apparatus and inflammation-induced tissue weakness which leaded to chordae rupture, finally implanted a Medtronic Hancock porcine bioprosthesis at the tricuspid site.