BB61.0

Rheumatic mitral valve insufficiency

Insuficiência mitral reumática

Category

Definition

Mitral insufficiency can be caused by conditions such as rheumatic fever. Mitral insufficiency is leakage of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium during systole.

Exclusions

  • Active or acute endocarditis of mitral valve

Index Terms

Rheumatic mitral valve insufficiencyrheumatic mitral valve incompetencerheumatic mitral valve regurgitation