| AVM | arteriovenous malformation; atrioventricular malformation; aviation medicine |
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| AVND | atrioventricular node dysfunction |
| AVNFRP | atrioventricular node functional refractory period |
| AVNR | atrioventricular nodal reentry |
| AVNRT | atrioventricular node reentry tachycardia |
| ICV | ileocecal valve |
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| PHV | prosthetic heart valve |
| TV | tricuspid valve |
| VR | valve replacement |
| floppy valve syndrome | <syndrome> Retrograde slippage of degenerating mitral or tricuspid valve leaflets into the valve's orifice beyond the point of closure during systole of the left ventricle; a feature of Barlow's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| frenulum of ileocaecal valve | A fold, more evident in cadavers, running from the junction of the two commissures of the ileocaecal valve on either side along the inner wall of the caecocolic junction. Synonym: frenulum valvae ileocaecalis, frenulum of Morgagni, Morgagni's frenum, Morgagni's retinaculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lunula of semilunar valve | The free border of a semilunar valve at each side of the nodulus valvulae semilunaris. Synonym: lunula valvulae semilunaris. (05 Mar 2000) |