What is aortic valve regurgitation?

Aortic regurgitation is leakage of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle that occurs during diastole, the period when heart fills with blood after contraction (systole). It causes blood to flow back into the left ventricle from the aorta. It may be an acute condition or chronic.

How do members experience aortic valve regurgitation?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with aortic valve regurgitation*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for aortic valve regurgitation*

*Data from patients with aortic valve regurgitation, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with aortic valve regurgitation*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
aortic valve regurgitation (1)

*Data from patients with aortic valve regurgitation, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has aortic valve regurgitation on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 3
30s 10
40s 8
50s 18
60s 16
70+ 29

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 24
Female 60

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What is aortic valve regurgitation?

Aortic regurgitation is leakage of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle that occurs during diastole, the period when heart fills with blood after contraction (systole). It causes blood to flow back into the left ventricle from the aorta. It may be an acute condition or chronic.



Common symptoms reported by people with aortic valve regurgitation

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for aortic valve regurgitation

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Type
Surgery
How many have tried
9

Data from patients with aortic valve regurgitation, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with aortic valve regurgitation

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with aortic valve regurgitation, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has aortic valve regurgitation on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 37 say aortic valve regurgitation is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 3
30s 10
40s 8
50s 18
60s 16
70+ 29
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 2
20-29 years 3
30-39 years 1
40-49 years 4
50-59 years 5
60-69 years 4
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 24
Female 60

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 39
Not Diagnosed 0

These charts show data from aortic valve regurgitation patients who have completed their condition history
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