Aortic regurgitation risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S. [2], Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S. [3], Mohammed A. Sbeih, M.D. [4]

Risk factors

Some of the risk factors for aortic insufficiency due to aortic root disease include:

• Age-related degeneration of aortic root.
• Hypertension
• Aortic dissection
• Cystic medial necrosis of the aorta
• Giant cell arteritis
• Syphilitic aortitis
• Behçet's syndrome
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Reiter's syndrome
• Ulcerative colitis
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Relapsing polychondritis

Risk factors for acute aortic insufficiency include:

• Rheumatic Fever
• Bacterial Endocarditis
• Aortic dissection
• Traumatic aortic rupture following blunt chest trauma
• After aortic balloon valvotomy
• Myxomatous aortic valve

Risk factors for chronic aortic insufficiency include:

• After aortic balloon valvotomy
• Bicuspid aortic valve
• Aortic Dissection
• Hypertension
• Rheumatic Fever
• Bacterial Endocarditis
• Arteriosclerosis
• Myxomatous aortic valve
• Cystic medianecrosis of aorta
• Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Marfan Syndrome
• Bechterew's Disease
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Reiter's Syndrome
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica
• Turner's Syndrome
• Ventricular Septal Defect
• Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
• Syphilis
• Weight loss medications

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