Heart valves

Leaky or narrowed heart valves make it harder for your heart to pump. When your body tries to make up for this, it can cause further heart complications.

What is heart valve disease?

The key difference between AV valves and semilunar valves is that the AV valves allow blood to flow from atria to ventricles while the semilunar valves all

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Valves of the heart ensure the one way flow. The AV valves are located between the atrium and ventricles and regulate the openings between them. The left AV valve is also called mitral valve and the right AV valve is also called the tricuspid valve. The aortic and pulmonary valve (semilunar valves) regulate blood flow from ventricles to the greater arteries.

Interactive 3D heart tour The heart is a muscular structure with four chambers including two atria, which are the filling chambers and two ventricles, which are