mitral
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- adjective
- /ˈmaɪtrəl/
- Specialized
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mitral
- Patients who have undergone mitral valve repair or replacement secondary to MVP are treated like other cardiac surgery patients.
- mitral valve
- mitral regurgitation
- mitral stenosis
Pulmonary region, tricuspid valve region and mitral region.
- Pulmonary region, tricuspid valve region and mitral region.
- And what it resulted in was, God, I think it was like some mitral valve prolapse.
Examples
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Prolapse of the mitral valve is a pathologic abnormality that affects mitral leaflet motion.
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Only a few patients will need mitral valve repair or replacement.
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And here you can see the mitral valve opening and closing, opening and closing.
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The valve does not close completely and can lead to mitral regurgitation.
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Risk factors associated with mitral regurgitation include male sex, larger body size, hypertension, and age.
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Severe mitral regurgitation occurs in approximately 7% of patients with MVP.
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In some cases, MVP has been associated with sudden cardiac death and occurs most often in patients with severe mitral regurgitation.
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One week later, the patient underwent another TEE that showed two small oscillating masses attached to mitral valve leaflets.
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The doctor explained that mitral regurgitation can significantly affect heart function.
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Patients with mitral valve issues often experience fatigue and shortness of breath.
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
A valve in the left side of the heart that stops blood flowing backward
- Specialized
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6.3
A narrowing of the left-side heart valve between the top and bottom chambers that makes blood flow hard
- Specialized
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The valve between the left chambers of the heart does not close, letting blood leak backward
- Specialized
A heart valve problem that lets blood flow backward into the left upper part of the heart
- Specialized
A condition where the heart valve between the left upper and lower chambers becomes narrow and slows blood flow
Surface Forms
Morphology
mitral = mitre (semi-transparent) = mitre + al
The anatomical term is historically based on resemblance to a mitre, but the specialized medical meaning is not fully recoverable for most learners from the base word alone.
Etymology
The medical use of mitral comes from the same picture: the heart's mitral valve was named because its two flaps make a shape like a small bishop's miter. So mitral in medicine means 'relating to the mitral valve' in the heart.