Diseases

Mitral Valve Stenosis

Narrowing of the passage through the MITRAL VALVE due to FIBROSIS, and CALCINOSIS in the leaflets and chordal areas. This elevates the left atrial pressure which, in turn, raises pulmonary venous and capillary pressure leading to bouts of DYSPNEA and TACHYCARDIA during physical exertion. RHEUMATIC FEVER is its primary cause.

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Narrowing of the passage through the MITRAL VALVE due to FIBROSIS, and CALCINOSIS in the leaflets and chordal areas. This elevates the left atrial pressure which, in turn, raises pulmonary venous and capillary pressure leading to bouts of DYSPNEA and TACHYCARDIA during physical exertion. RHEUMATIC FEVER is its primary cause.

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  • Mitral Stenosis
  • Mitral Stenoses
  • Mitral Valve Stenoses
  • Stenoses, Mitral
  • Stenoses, Mitral Valve
  • Stenosis, Mitral
  • Stenosis, Mitral Valve
  • Valve Stenoses, Mitral
  • Valve Stenosis, 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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Indexing Annotation

atresia = MITRAL VALVE /abnorm

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History Note

67; was MITRAL STENOSIS 1963-66

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WG 262

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mitral Valve Stenosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008946. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008946
  2. Mitral Valve Stenosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_stenosis
  3. Mitral Valve Stenosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140794