Catalog
Rheumatic aortic valve insufficiency
Link to WHO Definition
Rheumatic aortic valve insufficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1843774992
Aortic insufficiency is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. Rheumatic fever causes the valve cusps to retract.