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

Example Sentences

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 Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

Often this condition is associated with regurgitation; but in a simple mitral stenosis the greatest hypertrophy is of necessity in the right ventricle.

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

The left ventricle may be small with mitral stenosis, and therefore her general systemic circulation poor.

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

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

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