mitral insufficiency

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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

Sudden death from heart failure may occur with this lesion more frequently than with mitral insufficiency but less frequently than with aortic insufficiency.

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

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

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

A number of affections are accompanied by œdema, especially toward the latter stages of the disease; such, for instance, as the ending of cases of mitral insufficiency.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Peter Charles Remondino

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