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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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Four controls had ECGs, results for 2 were normal; 1 had mild mitral regurgitation, and 1 had mild tricuspid regurgitation.
The murmur of pulmonic regurgitation and tricuspid regurgitation may be heard, and a right ventricle heave may be appreciated.
6,7) This may be due to right atrial distention caused by tricuspid regurgitation, which prevents complete closure of the valve of foramen ovale.
 
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