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  • aortic insufficiency

    abnormal closure of the aortic valve resulting in regurgitation of blood to the left ventricle.

  • aorta

    The aorta is the main artery through which blood leaves your heart before it flows through the rest of your body.

  • aortic arch

    one member of a series of paired curved blood vessels that arise in the embryo from the ventral aorta, pass around the pharynx through the branchial arches, and join with the dorsal aorta to form the great vessels of the head and neck.

  • aortic stenosis

    abnormal narrowing of the aorta, especially of its orifice, usually as a result of rheumatic fever or embryologic anomalies.

  • aortic valve

    a semilunar valve between the aorta and the left ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the left ventricle.

  • semilunar valve

    either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
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