Aortic incompetence due to dilatation of the orifice without disease of the valves / by G. Newton Pitt.

  • Pitt, G. Newton (George Newton), 1853-1929.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Aortic incompetence due to dilatation of the orifice without disease of the valves / by G. Newton Pitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Illustriitiug Dr. Newton Pitt’s paper on “ Am’tic Incompetence, clue to Dilatation of the Orifice, without Disease of the Valves.” Fig. 1 (Case 5).—The atheromatous condition of the aorta above tlic valves has ])roduced incompetence, as shown hy the dilated condition of the left ventricle. The cusps are not thickened. Fig. 2 (Case 8).—The extensive atheroma of tlie aorta has caused considerable pouching, which has enlarged the orifice. There is some thickening of the cusps, but the incompetence has mainly or entirely arisen fntin tlio stretching of the orifice, and not from the condition of the cusps.