A 34-year-old member asked:
Aortic heart valve disease or regurgitation what's the difference?
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
52 years experience
Aortic valve disease: The two major aortic valve abnormalities are stenosis and insufficiency(regurgitation). Stenosis is like a door that doesn't open sufficiently and insufficiency is like a door that doesn't close sufficiently. When there is too much stenosis blood flow out of the heart is impeded. Too much insufficiency and the heart has to pump lots of extra blood to compensate. They can coexist.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Difference between heart and valve disease?
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Dr. Venkata Chilakapatianswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 24 years experience
Heart and Valve: Valve disease is a kind of heart disease. Valve is an integral part of the heart.
4.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Last updated Feb 4, 2014
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