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It is called Angina Pectoris.

Signs/symptoms: -Demand for oxygen

Treatment: -Nitroglycerin, Aspirin (ASA)

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Valve Stenosis

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Q: What is The narrowing of a heart valve is called?
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What is heart valve stenosis?

Is the narrowing of the valve


What is the Narrowing of the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle called?

Narrowing of the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle is mitral stenosis. Mitral refers to that particular valve, and stenosis is defined as abnormal narrowing.


Narrowing of the valve between the right atrium and right ventricle is called?

"Stenosis"


What is the medical term meaning narrowing of the mitral valve?

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


What is the congenital narrowing of the large artery leading from the heart is called?

coarctation of the aorta


What is the valve between the heart and artery of the body called?

The valve between the heart and the aorta is the aortic valve, and the valve between the heart and the pulmonary artery is the pulmonic valve.


Refers to the narrowing of a valve?

stenosis


What if the name of the valve on the vessel that takes blood from the heart?

The valve on the aorta (the vessel taking blood away from the heart) is called the "aortic valve".


Which heart valve have three cusps?

The tricuspid valve or also called the right atrioventricular valve.


How do the letters AV indicate heart valve location?

The letters AV refer to the atrioventricular valves. There is one on each side of the heart between the atrial and venticular chambers. The one on the right side of the heart is called the right atrioventricular valve, or the ticuspid valve. The one on the left side of the heart is called the left atrioventricular valve, bicuspid valve, or mitral valve.


One of two valves dividing the upper and lower chambers?

The upper chambers of the heart are called auricles/atria and the lower chambers of the heart are called ventricles. The valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle is called the Bicuspid valve/Mitral valve. The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle is called the Tricuspid valve.


Another name for the bicuspid heart valve?

There are two Atrioventricular Valves in the heart. The first one, on the right side of the heart, is called the Tricuspid Valve (it has three 'flaps'). On the left side, the Atrioventricular Valve is called the Bicuspid or Mitral Valve (it has two 'flaps')