Aortic valve stenosis: A congenital condition involving a malformation of the valve that controls the blood flow of the main heart vessel (aorta). The valve doesn't open enough to allow sufficient blood to flow through the aorta which reduces the supply of oxygenated blood to the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Aortic valve stenosis is available below.
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Constriction in the opening of the aortic valve or of the supravalvular or subvalvular regions. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Aortic valve stenosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Aortic valve stenosis, or a subtype of Aortic valve stenosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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