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[Aortic valve prolapse].

H Bergmann·F Leisch·W Schützenberger·W Maschek·W Herbinger
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The aortic valve prolapse which can be diagnosed by echocardiography is usually found in patients with the floppy valve syndrome. The clinical symptoms are identical with those of the mitral valve prolapse. The frequency of aortic valve prolapse in 67 cases of mitral valve prolapse was 8.9%, the frequency of aortic insufficiency 5.9%. A main etiological factor of aortic valve prolapse is a myxomatous degeneration of valvular tissue which can affect one or more cardiac valves.

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Aortic ValveAortic Valve InsufficiencyEchocardiographyHeart Valve DiseasesHumansMitral Valve ProlapseProlapseEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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H Bergmann, F Leisch, W Schützenberger, W Maschek, W Herbinger. 1983-06-30. [Aortic valve prolapse].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6613146/

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