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Abstract
Backflow of blood from the LEFT VENTRICLE into the LEFT ATRIUM due to imperfect closure of the MITRAL VALVE. This can lead to mitral valve regurgitation.
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- Mitral Incompetence
- Mitral Insufficiency
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Incompetence
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation
- Incompetence, Mitral
- Incompetence, Mitral Valve
- Insufficiency, Mitral
- Insufficiency, Mitral Valve
- Regurgitation, Mitral
- Regurgitation, Mitral Valve
- Valve Incompetence, Mitral
- Valve Insufficiency, Mitral
- Valve Regurgitation, Mitral
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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67; was MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY 1963-66
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Mitral Valve Insufficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008944. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008944
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268292