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How come i have aortic regurgitation, but nobody else in the family has it?
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Not inherited: Because there are many causes of aortic regurgitation that are not genetically linked.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Many causes: Aortic regurgitation may be due to diseases with a familial distribution but there are many causes : congenital bicuspid aortic valve, long standing high blood pressure, marfan's syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis, behcet's disease, reiter's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis - just to name a few.
Answered 2/15/2012
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