Aortic insufficiency
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What is Aortic insufficiency?
Aortic insufficiency is a heart valve disease in which the aortic valve weakens or balloons, preventing the valve from closing tightly. This leads to backward flow of blood from the aorta (the largest blood vessel) into the left ventricle (the left lower chamber of the heart).
Alternative Names:
Aortic valve prolapse; Aortic regurgitation
Posts on Aortic insufficiency (614)
My 7 yr old was just dx's with mild bicuspid aortic stenosis and mod to severe insufficienc...
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- Aug 05, 2009
I have an enlarged ascending aorta (4.2 cm AP x 4.4 cm transverse, growing slowly) and enla...
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My son was recently diagonsed with aortic valve insufficiency. The cardiologist says his v...
I am a very healthy, physically active 52 year-old-female. I had an echocardiogram a year a...
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I was wondering if anyone could give me a "second opinion" or maybe a new path to go...
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- Oct 29, 2008
I am a 64-year-old Asian woman and a retired librarian. I have just completed an echocardio...
My 4 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with a mild form of aortic insufficiency. Dr...
