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Heart attacks that damage the structures that support the mitral valve are a common cause of mitral valve insufficiency. Myxomatous degeneration can cause a "floppy" mitral valve that leaks.
The mitral, or bicuspid valve
The mitral valve is closed when the left ventricle is contracting.
Mitral stenosis is the medical term meaning narrowing of the mitral valve.
Mitral valve
Mitral stenosis
Mitral regurgitation is backflow of blood through the mitral valve.
Twice as many women as men are affected by mitral valve stenosis. About 60% of patients with mitral valve stenosis have had rheumatic fever.
The mitral and bicuspid valves are the same thing.
Mitral valve
left atrioventricular valve and left mitral valve
The Mitral valve.