Diseases

Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency

Backflow of blood from the PULMONARY ARTERY into the RIGHT VENTRICLE due to imperfect closure of the PULMONARY VALVE.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Backflow of blood from the PULMONARY ARTERY into the RIGHT VENTRICLE due to imperfect closure of the PULMONARY VALVE.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Incompetence, Pulmonary Valve
  • Insufficiency, Pulmonary Valve
  • Pulmonary Regurgitation
  • Pulmonary Valve Incompetence
  • Pulmonary Valve Regurgitation
  • Regurgitation, Pulmonary
  • Regurgitation, Pulmonary Valve
  • Valve Incompetence, Pulmonary
  • Valve Insufficiency, Pulmonary
  • Valve Regurgitation, Pulmonary

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35 allowable subheadings

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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History Note

67

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Previous Indexing

  • Heart Diseases (1966)
  • Pulmonary Valve (1966)

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NLM Classification

WG 269

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011665. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011665
  2. Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_regurgitation
  3. Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3799243