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...to the left ventricle, preventing them from prolapsing into the left atrium), and the chordae tendineae (which connect the valve leaflets to the papillary muscles)...the left ventricle can be due to any cause of dilated cardiomyopathy, including aortic insufficiency, nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy...
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...heart's mitral valve does not close properly, causing blood to flow backward (leak) into the upper heart chamber when the left lower heart chamber contracts...Alternative Names Chronic mitral valve regurgitation; Mitral valve insufficiency Causes Mitral regurgitation is the most common type of heart valve insufficiency...
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 Mitral Insufficiency is also known as: mitral regurgitation, mitral valve insufficiency
Mitral Insufficiency Definition: Mitral insufficiency n. Abbr. MI Incompetence of the mitral valve of the heart resulting more...
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what do you do with a broken heart?
I HAD A ECHO DONE THIS WEEK AND CONCLUSION WAS: 1)SEVERE MIRTAL REGURGITATION WITH LEFT ATRIAL DILATATION 2)LOW NORMAL LV FUNCTION CHEST X RAY IMPRESSION WAS: 1)NORMAL SIZE...
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