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aortic insufficiency
noun
, Pathology.
- abnormal closure of the aortic valve resulting in regurgitation of blood to the left ventricle.
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In aortic insufficiency the situation is somewhat different.
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The condition, he says, was diffused and pronounced; 20 of these 82 showed aortic insufficiency.
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Low diastolic pressure is frequently pathognomonic of aortic insufficiency.
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Aortic insufficiency also may be accompanied by a high systolic or by a normal systolic pressure.
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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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