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Milford Sound(encyclopedia)
Aortic valve, bicuspid(health)
bicuspid aortic valve(medicine)
Bicuspid aortic valve(health)
Puget Sound Behavioral Health(health)
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound(health)
New Milford Hospital New Milford(health)
Bicuspid(health)
bicuspid(dictionary)

Bicuspid aortic valve (health) and Milford Sound (sh)


Bicuspid aortic valve (health)


Whereas the normal aortic valve in the heart has three flaps (cusps) that open and close, a bicuspid valve has only two. There may be no symptoms in childhood, but in time the valve may become stenotic (narrowed), making it harder for blood to pass through it, or the valve may start to let blood leak backwards through the valve (regurgitate). Treatment depends on how the valve is working.





Milford Sound (sh)




Inlet of the Tasman Sea, southwestern coast of South Island, New Zealand.

About 2 mi (3 km) wide, the sound extends inland for 12 mi (19 km). It was named by a whaler in the 1820s for its resemblance to Milford Haven in Wales. It is the northernmost fjord in Fiordland National Park and is the site of Milford Sound town, one of the region's few permanently inhabited places.