Medical Definition of Mitral incompetence

1. The back flow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium through a defective mitral bicuspid valve. The most common cause for mitral regurgitation is rheumatic fever. Other causes include: myocardial infarction, massive calcification of the mitral annulus (in the elderly), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, infectious endocarditis and ankylosing spondylitis. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitral Incompetence

mitotic segregation
mitotic shake off method
mitotic spindle
mitotic spindle apparatus
mitoxantrone
mitoxantrone hydrochloride
Mitra
mitral
mitral
mitralization
mitral area
mitral cells
mitral commissurotomy
mitral facies
mitral gradient
mitral incompetence (current term)
mitral insufficiency
mitral murmur
mitral orifice
mitral prolapse
mitral regurgitation
mitral stenosis
mitral stenosis
mitral tap
mitral valve
mitral valve
mitral valve insufficiency
mitral valve prolapse
mitral valve prolapse
mitral valve prolapse syndrome

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