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Preferred term

Mitral Valve Stenosis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mitral Stenosis

In other languages

  • French

  • Rétrécissement de la valve mitrale
  • Rétrécissement mitral
  • Rétrécissement valvulaire mitral
  • Sténose de la valve mitrale
  • Sténose valvulaire mitrale

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V50MMQN8-3

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