Aortic regurgitation risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Mohammed A. Sbeih, M.D. [2]

Risk factors

Some of the risk factors for aortic insufficiency 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

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