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Descriptor English:   Aortic Valve Insufficiency 
Descriptor Spanish:   Insuficiencia de la Válvula Aórtica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Insuficiência da Valva Aórtica 
Synonyms English:   Aortic Incompetence
Aortic Regurgitation
Aortic Valve Incompetence
Incompetence, Aortic
Incompetence, Aortic Valve
Insufficiency, Aortic Valve
Regurgitation, Aortic
Regurgitation, Aortic Valve  
Tree Number:   C14.280.484.095
Definition English:   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). 
History Note English:   67; AORTIC REGURGITATION was REGURGITATION, AORTIC VALVE 1963-92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   1027 
Unique Identifier:   D001022 

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