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* [[ | * [[Calcific aortic valve disease|Senile or degenerative calcific aortic valve disease]]<ref name="Nishimura-2002">{{Cite journal | last1 = Nishimura | first1 = RA. | title = Cardiology patient pages. Aortic valve disease. | journal = Circulation | volume = 106 | issue = 7 | pages = 770-2 | month = Aug | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12176943 }}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Hypertension]] | ||
==Management== | ==Management== | ||
Revision as of 19:58, 11 March 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Definition
Aortic insufficiency refers to the retrograde or backward flow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole.[1][2][3][4]
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
- Rheumatic fever
- Bicuspid aortic valve
- Senile or degenerative calcific aortic valve disease[5]
- Hypertension
Management
Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the approach to aortic insufficiency [6][7]
Do's
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Don'ts
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References
- ↑ Connolly HM, Crary JL, McGoon MD; et al. (1997). "Valvular heart disease associated with fenfluramine-phentermine". N. Engl. J. Med. 337 (9): 581–8. doi:10.1056/NEJM199708283370901. PMID 9271479.
- ↑ Weissman NJ (2001). "Appetite suppressants and valvular heart disease". Am. J. Med. Sci. 321 (4): 285–91. doi:10.1097/00000441-200104000-00008. PMID 11307869.
- ↑ Schade R, Andersohn F, Suissa S, Haverkamp W, Garbe E (2007). "Dopamine agonists and the risk of cardiac-valve regurgitation". N. Engl. J. Med. 356 (1): 29–38. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa062222. PMID 17202453.
- ↑ Zanettini R, Antonini A, Gatto G, Gentile R, Tesei S, Pezzoli G (2007). "Valvular heart disease and the use of dopamine agonists for Parkinson's disease". N. Engl. J. Med. 356 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa054830. PMID 17202454.
- ↑ Nishimura, RA. (2002). "Cardiology patient pages. Aortic valve disease". Circulation. 106 (7): 770–2. PMID 12176943. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ "2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary". Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Bonow, R. O.; Carabello, B. A.; Chatterjee, K.; de Leon, A. C.; Faxon, D. P.; Freed, M. D.; Gaasch, W. H.; Lytle, B. W.; Nishimura, R. A.; O'Gara, P. T.; O'Rourke, R. A.; Otto, C. M.; Shah, P. M.; Shanewise, J. S. (2008). "2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons". Circulation. 118 (15): e523–e661. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190748. ISSN 0009-7322.
❑ Pulmonary auscultation: search for rales (seen when congestive heart failure has developed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||