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Abstract
Pathological condition characterized by the backflow of blood from the ASCENDING AORTA back into the LEFT VENTRICLE, leading to regurgitation. It is caused by diseases of the AORTIC VALVE or its surrounding tissue (aortic root).
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- Aortic Incompetence
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Valve Incompetence
- Regurgitation, Aortic Valve
- Incompetence, Aortic
- Incompetence, Aortic Valve
- Insufficiency, Aortic Valve
- Regurgitation, Aortic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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67; AORTIC REGURGITATION was REGURGITATION, AORTIC VALVE 1963-92
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- Heart Valve Diseases (1966)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Aortic Valve Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001022. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001022
- Aortic Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_regurgitation
- Aortic Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616087