Twice as many women as men are affected by mitral valve stenosis. About 60% of patients with mitral valve stenosis have had rheumatic fever.

Mitral stenosis

Doppler echocardiography is the preferred diagnostic tool for evaluation of mitral valve stenosis

Mitral stenosis is the medical term meaning narrowing of the mitral valve.

Mitral valve stenosis is diagnosed by history, physical examination , listening to the sounds of the heart (cardiac auscultation), chest x ray , and ECG.