mitral insufficiency

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. abnormal closure of the mitral valve resulting in regurgitation of blood into the atrium and leading to reduced heart function or heart failure.

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Etymology

Origin of mitral insufficiency

First recorded in 1875–80

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mitral insufficiency

Again, as in mitral insufficiency, if compensation is restored in mitral stenosis, these symptoms are improved.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

The patient was suffering from mitral insufficiency, with irregular pulse, loss of appetite, enlargement of the liver, and mild jaundice.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various

Next in frequency to mitral insufficiency is aortic insufficiency, which occurs most frequently in men.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

Sooner or later during this failing compensation the right ventricle becomes dilated, and the symptoms of cardiac insufficiency and venous congestion occur, as described above with mitral insufficiency.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

Another case was that of a woman who "was suffering from compensatory enlargement of the heart from mitral insufficiency," was taken with dyspnœa when Dr. Jennings was called and was nearly dead.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

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