Condition in which the mitral valve becomes FLOPPY, resulting in mitral regurgitation. See Mitral regurgitation.
A ballooning of the support structures of the mitral heart valve into the left upper collection chamber of the heart. Symptoms may include anxiety.
a common condition in which the mitral valve in the heart is deformed, causing blood to leak back across the valve; characterized by a heart murmur and sometimes chest pain and disturbed heart rhythm
A heart condition due to improper closure of one of the heart valves.
cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart
Most common heart valve problem where the valve bulges slightly back into the atrium when it closes allowing a tiny amount of blood to leak.
a common condition involving the mitral valves of the heart. Most people with mitral valve prolapse have no symptoms and never need treatment but, if the condition is diagnosed, antibiotics are usually prescribed before surgery or dental work to prevent the possibility of infection of the heart.
Recommendation Magnesium"Research has shown that 85% of patients with mitral valve prolapse have latent tetany due to chronic magnesium deficiency..."
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Heart problem that occurs when the mitral valve closes and protrudes into the adjacent heart chamber. This sometimes occurs in children with Stickler syndrome.
A heart valve defect whereby patients with this problem should be premedicated with a regime of antibiotics before any dental treatment (including tooth cleaning) is started.
a condition in which the flaps of the mitral valve are too large and cannot close properly causing blood to leak back through the valve (regurgitation) when it should only flow forward.
a bulge in the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart that causes backward flow of blood into the atrium.
Abnormality affecting the mitral valve, often with flow of blood back into the atrium; characterized by systolic clicks and murmurs.
An abnormality of the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart that causes backward flow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium.
the most common heart problem. With this problem, the mitral valve bulges slightly back into the left atrium when it closes. This may allow a tiny amount of blood to leak backward. Minor symptoms such as minor chest pain or palpitations may occur. Mitral valve prolapse is usually not serious. May be present from birth, or may develop later in life.
The mitral valve is the only valve with just two flaps. It separates the left atrium and the left ventricle. Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) occurs when one or both of the flaps get enlarged. The valve then doesn't close correctly and some blood leaks backwards. (Read about MVP in " The Heart and Its Valves")
A common slight deformity of the mitral valve, situated in the left side of the heart that can cause mitral insufficiency (leakage of the valve). Also known as "floppy valve syndrome." Mitral valve prolapse causes a characteristic heart murmur that may be heard by the physician through a stethoscope during a routine examination.
Also known as Barlow's syndrome or systolic click-murmur syndrome. When the valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle does not close smoothly or evenly during a normal heart contraction and a small amount of blood leaks backward through the valve.
When this valve’s leaflets (its flaps) or its chordae (hinges) are abnormal or damaged, the leaflets cannot close properly. This is called prolapse.
Drooping down or abnormal bulging of the mitral valve's cusps backward into the atrium during the contraction of the heart. Mitral valve prolapse is often an asymptomatic condition but it may be marked by mitral regurgitation with symptoms (as chest pain, fatigue, dizziness, dyspnea, or palpitations) with a tendency in some cases to endocarditis or ventricular tachycardia. See the entire definition of Mitral valve prolapse
In MVP, one or both valve flaps are enlarged, and some of their supporting "strings" may be too long. When the heart pumps (contracts), the mitral valve flaps don't close smoothly or evenly. Instead, part of one or both flaps collapses backward into the left atrium. Sometimes, this allows a small amount of blood to leak backward through the valve and cause a heart murmur.
A congenital abnormality in which the leaflets, or flaps, of tissue that make up the mitral valve are larger than normal.
Dysfunction of the Mitral valve in the heart, with or without symptoms.
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Bulging of the leaflets of the mitral valve into the left atrium during the heart's contraction.
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a heart valve condition marked by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valve leaflet into the left atrium during systole. In its nonclassic form, MVP carries a low risk of complications. In severe cases of classic MVP, complications include mitral regurgitation, infective endocarditis, and — in rare circumstances — cardiac arrest usually resulting in sudden death.
