aortic insufficiency

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noun Pathology.

abnormal closure of the aortic valve resulting in regurgitation of blood to the left ventricle.

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Also called aortic incompetence.

Words nearby aortic insufficiency

Aoraki-Mount Cook, aorist, aoristic, aorta, aortic arch, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, aortic valve, aortitis, aortoclasia, aortography

How to use aortic insufficiency in a sentence

In aortic insufficiency the situation is somewhat different.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
The condition, he says, was diffused and pronounced; 20 of these 82 showed aortic insufficiency.
The Criminal|Havelock Ellis
Low diastolic pressure is frequently pathognomonic of aortic insufficiency.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
Aortic insufficiency also may be accompanied by a high systolic or by a normal systolic pressure.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield

It is characteristic of all cases of aortic insufficiency that the diastolic pressure is low, even as low as 30 mm.
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