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AORTIC AREA [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

The approximate precordial surface marking of the aortic valve and the site at which sounds and murmurs arising from the aortic valve are usually best heard. It lies in the 2nd intercostal space, just to the right of the sternum.

CONT

The high-pitched, decrescendo basal diastolic murmur of aortic regurgitation is best heard along the upper left sternal border or over the aortic area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Le rétrécissement aortique valvulaire [...] l'auscultation précise l'existence d'un souffle systolique frémissant au foyer aortique avec B2 aboli ou diminué [...]

Spanish

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