Terms Related to Aortic Valve

• Aortic Valve Insufficiency

  Backflow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle, owing to imperfect functioning of the aortic semilunar valve.

• Mitral Valve Regurgitation

  Backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium, owing to imperfect functioning of the mitral valve.

• Mitral Valve

  The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart.

• Tricuspid Valve Atresia

  Absence of the orifice between the right atrium and ventricle, with the presence of an atrial defect through which all the systemic venous return reaches ...

• Mitral Valves

  The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart.

• Left Ventricle Remodeling

  The geometric and structural changes that the ventricle undergoes, usually following myocardial infarction. It comprises expansion of the infarct and dilatation of the healthy ventricle ...

• Great Vessels Transposition

  A congenital cardiovascular malformation in which the aorta arises entirely from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery from the left ventricle, so that the ...