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regurgitation
(redirected from Tricuspid regurgitation)

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regurgitation [ri‚gər·jə′tā·shən]
(medicine)
Reverse circulation of blood in the heart due to defective functioning of the valves.
(physiology)
Bringing back into the mouth undigested food from the stomach.


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She was found to have an enlarged right ventricle and tricuspid regurgitation (decompensated right heart because of Eisenmenger's syndrome).
During the physical exam, your health care provider will: listen for abnormal heart sounds such as a loud pulmonic valve sound, a systolic murmur of tricuspid regurgitation, or a gallop due to ventricular failure.
This is a leak in one of the four heart valves, as seen with mitral and tricuspid regurgitation.
 
 
 
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