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aortic stenosis
noun
, Pathology.
- abnormal narrowing of the aorta, especially of its orifice, usually as a result of rheumatic fever or embryologic anomalies.
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Aortic stenosis, the rarest of the valvular lesions, is practically always accompanied by high pressure picture.
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