perivalvular

perivalvular

English

Etymology

peri- +‎ valvular

Adjective

perivalvular (not comparable)

1. Around a valve.
   • 2015 June 3, Shahzad Khan et al., “A Complicated Case of Triple Valve Infective Endocarditis in an IV Drug User with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve Requiring Three Separate Salvage Operations: A Case Report and Literature Review”, in Case Reports in Cardiology‎, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/291079:

     They also found that these patients are more likely to have a worse prognosis such as developing heart failure, valvular destruction, and/or perivalvular/myocardial abscess [ 5 ].