mitral stenosis

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.

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Etymology

Origin of mitral stenosis

First recorded in 1870–75

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mitral stenosis

The ultrasound revealed that the patient was suffering from mitral stenosis, a heart disease that, if untreated, is fatal for 50–60 percent of affected pregnant women, with the risk rising with each pregnancy.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2018

A patient who has mitral stenosis and also a small left ventricle will be found to be poorly developed, badly nourished, and to have poor peripheral circulation.

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

The valvular lesions most apt to cause irregular action of the heart are mitral insufficiency or mitral stenosis.

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

Some evidence is adduced to bear on this point, however, in the fact that sclerosis of the pulmonary artery follows often upon mitral stenosis.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

The most serious lesion a woman may have, as far as pregnancy is concerned, is mitral stenosis.

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

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