Your heart valves make sure that blood flows through your heart the right way. This information sheet provides answers to the following questions regarding heart valves and heart valve surgery:

• What do heart valves do?
• What are valve problems?
• What causes valve problems?
• What can be done?
• What is valve surgery like?
• What about afterwards?

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