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Preferred term

Aortic Valve Insufficiency  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Aortic Incompetence
  • Aortic Regurgitation
  • Aortic Valve Incompetence
  • Regurgitation, Aortic Valve

In other languages

  • French

  • Insuffisance de la valve aortique
  • Insuffisance valvulaire aortique
  • Régurgitation aortique

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GMGZR69P-Q

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