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aortic incompetence

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aortic incompetence

[ā′ȯrd·ik in′käm·pə·təns]
(medicine)
A condition in which blood from the aorta flows back into the left ventricle because of the incapacity of the aortic valve.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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We described a case of severe aortic incompetence due to a very rare pathophysiology.
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Accepting the difficulties and pitfalls of a retrospective analysis, this series demonstrates that repair of discrete SAS can be performed with a near zero operative mortality, a low incidence of postoperative aortic incompetence and satisfactory relief of gradient.
Discrete supravalvular aortic stenosis in children: is it necessary to reconstruct the whole aortic root?/ Cocuklarda diskret supravalvuler aort darligi: tum aort koku rekonstrukte edilmeli mi?
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