1
: resembling a miter
2
: of, relating to, being, or adjoining a mitral valve or orifice
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There are many types of valve disease, including mitral valve prolapse, mitral valve regurgitation, leaky heart valve, and mitral stenosis.
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Mechanical complications like a tear in the ventricle or a valve problem (e.g., acute mitral regurgitation)
Emergency Treatment
Treatment for a heart attack must begin immediately to unblock the artery, restore blood flow, and prevent heart muscle damage or death.
—Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024
These include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves.
—Alexandria Jones-Patten, Phd, Health, 27 July 2024
Mitral valve stenosis and mitral valve regurgitation can both affect your mitral valve.89
Stenosis causes symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, and fluid build-up.
—Alexandria Jones-Patten, Phd, Health, 27 July 2024
In October 2013, the FDA approved the MitraClip Clip Delivery System for a narrower group of patients: those with a particular type of mitral regurgitation who were considered a surgery risk.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Two valves, tricuspid (at left in the image) and mitral (right), control blood flow into the next chamber of the heart.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
The echocardiogram had shown that Mary’s posterior mitral leaflet had blown open.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2022
Pascal appeared to show an advantage in its ability to reduce patients’ mitral regurgitation to a mild level.
—Peter Loftus, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Mechanical complications like a tear in the ventricle or a valve problem (e.g., acute mitral regurgitation)
Emergency Treatment
Treatment for a heart attack must begin immediately to unblock the artery, restore blood flow, and prevent heart muscle damage or death.
—Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024
These include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves.
—Alexandria Jones-Patten, Phd, Health, 27 July 2024
Mitral valve stenosis and mitral valve regurgitation can both affect your mitral valve.89
Stenosis causes symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, and fluid build-up.
—Alexandria Jones-Patten, Phd, Health, 27 July 2024
In October 2013, the FDA approved the MitraClip Clip Delivery System for a narrower group of patients: those with a particular type of mitral regurgitation who were considered a surgery risk.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Two valves, tricuspid (at left in the image) and mitral (right), control blood flow into the next chamber of the heart.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
The echocardiogram had shown that Mary’s posterior mitral leaflet had blown open.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2022
Pascal appeared to show an advantage in its ability to reduce patients’ mitral regurgitation to a mild level.
—Peter Loftus, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
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“Mitral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mitral. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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mitral
adjective
mi·tral
ˈmī-trəl 
1
: resembling a miter
2
: of, relating to, being, or adjoining a mitral valve or orifice
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