valvular insufficiency
1valvular insufficiency — Pathol. abnormal closure of a heart valve resulting in failure to prevent regurgitation of blood. Also called valvular incompetence. * * * …
2valvular insufficiency — Pathol. abnormal closure of a heart valve resulting in failure to prevent regurgitation of blood. Also called valvular incompetence …
3insufficiency of the valves — valvular insufficiency 1. dysfunction of one of the cardiac valves, with incomplete valve closure resulting in valvular regurgitation; see aortic i., mitral i., pulmonary i., and tricuspid i. 2. venous i …
4insufficiency — Lack of completeness of function or power. SEE ALSO: incompetence. [L. in , neg. + sufficientia, fr. sufficio to suffice] accommodative i. a lack of appropriate accommodation for near focus. acute adrenocortical i. severe adrenocortical i. when… …
5valvular incompetence — see under insufficiency …
6valvular reflux — backflow of blood past a venous valve in the lower limb due to venous insufficiency …
7Aortic insufficiency — See also: mitral regurgitation and tricuspid insufficiency Aortic insufficiency Classification and external resources Micrograph of myxomatous degeneration – a cause of aortic insufficiency …
8venous insufficiency — inadequacy of the venous valves and impairment of venous return from the lower limbs (venous stasis), usually characterized by edema, warmth, and erythema, particularly of the lower third of the extremity; chronic insufficiency leads to stasis… …
9Tricuspid insufficiency — Infobox Disease Name = Tricuspid insufficiency Caption = DiseasesDB = 13348 ICD10 = ICD10|I|07|1|i|05, ICD10|I|36|1|i|30 ICD9 = ICD9|397.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2314 MeshID = D014262 Tricuspid… …
10primary valvular incompetence — venous insufficiency …
