Bicuspid valve
The left atrioventricular valve is also known as the mitral valve.
Cardiothoracic and cardiovascular surgeons perform mitral valve repair. Surgeons are trained during their residency to perform these procedures, although a certain level of skill is required for perfection of the technique.
Mitral regurgitation is backflow of blood through the mitral valve.
A sticky heart valve is another term for mitral valve prolapse. Mitral valve prolapse is when one of the mitral valves swings up towards the atrium when it opens causing blood to leak back into the atrium.
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 valve is closed when the left ventricle is contracting.
left atrioventricular valve and left mitral valve
Mitral stenosis is the medical term meaning narrowing of the mitral valve.
Mitral valve
Mitral stenosis
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.