A PATIENT’S GUIDE TO HEART VALVE SURGERY

Your heart is about the size of your fist and located between your lungs in the area called the “mediastinum.” The normal heart has four pumping chambers (two atria — a right and a left atrium and two ventricles — a right and a left ventricle). The normal heart has four valves. On the right side of the heart, the tricuspid valve is located ................
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