BB61.0
Rheumatic mitral valve insufficiency
Insuficiência mitral reumática
CategoryDefinition
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