The study found that 24 percent of the patients had been misdiagnosed: 22 patients previously diagnosed with epilepsy were found to have nonepileptic seizures, and four patients previously diagnosed with nonepileptic seizures were found to have epileptic seizures.
The purpose of valves is to prevent back flow of blood. In other words, it ensures that blood flows only in one direction . An atrioventricular (AV) valve is a valve located in the heart between the atria and the ventricles. In the right side of the heart, the AV valve is called the tricuspid valve . On the left side of the heart, the AV valve is called the mitral valve .
1 The semilunar valve on the left side of the heart is the aortic valve, named for the fact that it prevents the aorta from regurgitating blood back into the left ventricle. 2  The semilunar valves are smaller than the AV valves and do not have chordae tendineae to hold them in place.he heart functions by pumping blood both to the lungs and to the systems of the body. To prevent blood from flowing backwards or âregurgitatingâ back into the heart, a system of one-way valves are present in the heart.