Pulmonic regurgitation risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Risk factors

The risk factors of pulmonic regurgitation may include:

  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Surgical repair of teratology of fallot, pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia
  • Endocarditis
  • Left sided heart disease
  • Previous Ross procedure
  • Collagen vascular disease
  • Malignancies that involve main pulmonary artery

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