Coaptation refers to a joining or reuniting of two surfaces. This can be in the setting of ends of a broken bone or the edges of a wound or edges of a valve.
See also
- 1. Lancellotti, Patrizio, Moura, Luis, Pierard, Luc A., Agricola, Eustachio, Popescu, Bogdan A., Tribouilloy, Christophe, Hagendorff, Andreas, Monin, Jean-Luc, Badano, Luigi, Zamorano, Jose L., Sicari, Rosa, Vahanian, Alec, Roelandt, Jos R.T.C.. European Association of Echocardiography recommendations for the assessment of valvular regurgitation. Part 2: mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (native valve disease). (2010) European Journal of Echocardiography. 11 (4): 307. doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jeq031
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