AORTIC VALVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aortic valve mean? 

• AORTIC VALVE (noun)
  The noun AORTIC VALVE has 1 sense:

1. a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart

  Familiarity information: AORTIC VALVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AORTIC VALVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("aortic valve" is a kind of...):

semilunar valve (a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons; prevents blood from flowing back into the heart)

 Context examples 

A valve made of metal, carbon, or artificial materials used to replace the aortic valve in patients with aortic valve stenosis or regurgitation.

(Mechanical Aortic Valve, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by aortic valve, supravalvar, or subvalvar defects.

(Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction, NCI Thesaurus)

Measurement begins when the aortic valve opens and ends when the aortic valve closes.

(Left Ventricular Ejection Time, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure performed to replace a narrowed and calcified aortic valve in patients unable to withstand open chest surgery.

(Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement, NCI Thesaurus)

Narrowing of the orifice of the aortic valve or of the supravalvular or subvalvular regions.

(Aortic Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Dysfunction of the aortic valve characterized by incomplete valve closure that is present at birth.

(Congential Aortic Valve Insufficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Dysfunction of the aortic valve characterized by incomplete valve closure.

(Aortic Valve Insufficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital heart defect characterized by the complete failure of the aortic valve to open.

(Aortic Valve Atresia, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed with the purpose of replacing a degenerated, calcified, malformed, dysfunctional, etc. aortic valve with a bioprosthetic, homograft, or autograft valve.

(Aortic Valve Replacement, NCI Thesaurus)

A heart disorder characterized by a defect in aortic valve structure or function.

(Aortic Valve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)