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aortic insufficiency

noun

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


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Example Sentences

In aortic insufficiency the situation is somewhat different.

The condition, he says, was diffused and pronounced; 20 of these 82 showed aortic insufficiency.

Low diastolic pressure is frequently pathognomonic of aortic insufficiency.

Aortic insufficiency also may be accompanied by a high systolic or by a normal systolic pressure.

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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