Tuberculous aortic insufficiency

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME-A CASE OF AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY

A 31 year old woman was hospitalized for evaluation of aortic valve insufficiency and her present cardiac status. Clinical and paraclinical findings strongly suggested the presence of a collagen vascular inflammatory processprecisely, the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), with systemic lupus erythematosus as the underlying disease.

Sudden, severe aortic insufficiency.

THE experimental production of sudden, severe aortic insufficiency causes left ven-tricular diastolic pressure to become markedly elevated so that it exceeds left atrial pressure and results in diastolic closure of the mitral valve.' Ten cases of severe aortic insuffi-ciency have been reported in which left ven-tricular pressure exceeded left atrial pressure during diastole, causing premature m...

Aortic Insufficiency (Aortic Regurgitation) — Symptoms and Treatment

Aortic Insufficiency (Aortic Regurgitation) — Symptoms and Treatment

Aortic Insufficiency (Aortic Regurgitation) — Symptoms and Treatment