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which is made of a textile that can be sewn into the spot,
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to the ring of tissue where the heart valve goes.
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You can see that white material there,
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there's a metal ring underneath it
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and on both sides of this ring there's a cage,
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a small cage on the bottom and a larger cage on the top.
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The heart would be down here,
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the ventricle would be down below this here.
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If there was pressure on this side, it would force the ball up.
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When the pressure in the
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left ventricle got to be higher than the aorta,
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it would force the ball up.