Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,803,349,877 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

regurgitation
(redirected from aortic regurgitation)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
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.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
A 34-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with acute, severe aortic regurgitation, attributable to a dissection of both the ascending and descending aorta, which extended into the supraaortic and iliac arteries.
Dennis' primary disability was Aortic Regurgitation, a heart malady, but he also suffered from depression and dizziness (from a past head trauma).
com) announced today that a total of 100 patients at nine worldwide investigative sites have now undergone percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR) on a beating heart with the CoreValve Percutaneous ReValving[TM] System to treat either their aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, or failed-tissue-valve-prosthesis conditions.
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a Terms of Use.