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Aortic valve insufficiency due to dissection

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Link to WHO Definition

Aortic valve insufficiency due to dissection – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/327063242

This 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, due to dissection.