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==Overview==
==Overview==


==Differentiating Aortic Insufficiency from other Diseases==
==Differential Diagnosis==
===Differential Diagnosis Based Upon Aortic Valvular Causes===
*[[Bicuspid aortic valve]]
*[[Collagen vascular disease]]
*[[Senile]] or degenerative [[calcific aortic valve disease]]
*[[Endocarditis]]
* [[Myxomatous]] aortic valve
*[[Rheumatic fever]]
*[[Rheumatoid arthritis]]
*[[Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm]]
*[[Systemic Lupus Erythematosus]]
*[[Trauma]]
*[[Turner's Syndrome]]
*[[Ventricular Septal Defect]]
*[[Weight loss]] medications
===Differential Diagnosis Based Upon Abnormalities of the Ascending Aorta===
*[[Ankylosing spondylitis]]
*[[Aortic dissection]]
*[[Arteriosclerosis]]
* [[Bechterew's Disease]]
*[[Behcet's syndrome]]
*[[Cystic medial necrosis]] of the [[aorta]]
*[[Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome]]
*[[Giant cell arteritis]]
*[[Hypertension]]
*[[Idiopathic]] dilation of the [[ascending aorta]]
*[[Marfan syndrome]]
*[[Osteogenesis imperfecta]]
*[[Polymyalgia Rheumatica]]
*[[Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum]]
*[[Psoriatic arthritis]]
*[[Reiter's syndrome]]
*[[Relapsing polychondritis]]
*[[Senile]] aortic ectasia and dilation
*[[Spondyloarthropathy]]
*[[Syphilitic aortitis]]
*[[Takayasu arteritis]]
*[[Trauma]]
*[[Ulcerative colitis]]
*[[Whipple's disease]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:34, 16 January 2015