Structured Summary
Abstract
Backflow of blood from the PULMONARY ARTERY into the RIGHT VENTRICLE due to imperfect closure of the PULMONARY VALVE.
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- Incompetence, Pulmonary Valve
- Insufficiency, Pulmonary Valve
- Pulmonary Regurgitation
- Pulmonary Valve Incompetence
- Pulmonary Valve Regurgitation
- Regurgitation, Pulmonary
- Regurgitation, Pulmonary Valve
- Valve Incompetence, Pulmonary
- Valve Insufficiency, Pulmonary
- Valve Regurgitation, Pulmonary
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Previous Indexing
- Heart Diseases (1966)
- Pulmonary Valve (1966)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011665. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011665
- Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_regurgitation
- Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3799243