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aortic regurgitation: etiology

INTRINSIC VALVE DISEASE

congenital bicuspid valve
rheumatic endocarditis
bacterial endocarditis (perforation / prolapse of cusp)
myxomatous valve associated with cystic medial necrosis
prosthetic valve: mechanical break, thrombosis, paravalvular leak

PRIMARY DISEASE OF ASCENDING AORTA

dilatation of the aortic annulus
- syphilitic aortitis
- ankylosing spondylitis (5-10%)
- Reiter disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- cystic medial necrosis: Marfan syndrome
laceration
- decelerating trauma; hypertension

see: aortic regurgitation

Yong H. Hahn, MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013

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Reiter syndrome

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Marfan syndrome

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