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What does AR stand for?

Aortic Regurgitation (aortic insufficiency)


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Samples in periodicals archive:
If the bicuspid valve triggers severe aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation for the patient, surgical treatments are deployed to repair or replace the bicuspid valve.
Two patients were detected as mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation, one as mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation and aortic regurgitation, three as tricuspid regurgitation and eleven as mitral stenosis preoperatively.
CASE SUMMARY A 62-year-old white woman with chronic atrial fibrillation and severe aortic regurgitation underwent elective transcatheter radiofrequency ablation.
Over the next two years, my condition - called aortic regurgitation - worsened.
Cardiovascular examination showed a water-hammer pulse (Corrigan's sign), prosthetic heart sounds, an ejection systolic murmur, and an early diastolic murmur consistent with aortic regurgitation.
Other AV diseases seen in association with fen-phen were calcific aortic stenosis in one case and idiopathic aortic dilatation with aortic regurgitation in another.
Dewar's illness, called aortic regurgitation, is caused by the failure of the aortic valve to close shut after blood has passed through it allowing blood to leak back and forcing the heart to work harder.
The standard treatment for severe aortic regurgitation is surgery to replace the faulty valve.

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