Mitral Valve is defined as: “a valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle, prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium, and consists of two triangular flaps attached at their bases to the fibrous ring which surrounds the opening and connected at their margins with the ventricular walls by the chordae tendineae and papillary muscles.” The mitral valve is also known as bicuspid valve and left atrioventricular valve.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: mitral= MAOI/TRA*L
Option #2: mitral= MAOIRLT

Option #1: valve= VAFL
Option #2: valve= VAL/*F

To ligate is to tie off or close off an artery, or vessel, during surgery.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: ligate= LAOI/GA*IT
Option #2: ligate= LAOIGT

Intercostal means, “between the ribs.”

According to Medline Plus, “The intercostal muscles are the muscles between the ribs. During breathing, these muscles normally tighten and pull the rib cage up.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: intercostal: INT/KOFLT
Option #2: intercostal: SBR-/KOFLT
Option #3: intercostal: INT/KOS/TAL
Option #4: intercostal: INT/KOFT/A*L
Option #5: intercostal: SBR-/KOFT/A*L
Option #6: intercostal: SBR-/KOS/TAL