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Definition of Aortic stenosis
1. Noun. Abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve.
Medical Definition of Aortic stenosis
1. Progressive narrowing of the aortic valve resulting in the obstructed passage of blood from the left ventricle into the aorta. Causes for aortic stenosis include rheumatic fever, congenital and idiopathic sclerosis. Chronic stenosis can lead to left ventricular enlargement and congestive heart failure. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aortic Stenosis
Literary usage of Aortic stenosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"One of these was a case of marked aortic stenosis with insufficiency and slight
... In 1 of these 16 instances, that combined with aortic- stenosis, ..."
2. Report. by Henry Phipps Institute (1908)
"... 51 Number of cases with circulatory disturbance, 1732 aortic stenosis, 8
Pulmonic stenosis, 2 Mitral stenosis 4 Mitral regurgitation, 15 Mitral stenosis ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Clients with aortic stenosis have symptoms of pulmonary vascular ... Treatment of
severe aortic stenosis is replacement of the aortic valve with a ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"At Johns Hopkins Hospital aortic stenosis was found in 5 per cent of the valvular
diseases. ... Dilatation in varying degree is produced by aortic stenosis; ..."
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