Biomaterial Database

Valve repair for mitral insufficiency. 1987

T O Cheng

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008944	Mitral Valve Insufficiency	Backflow of blood from the LEFT VENTRICLE into the LEFT ATRIUM due to imperfect closure of the MITRAL VALVE. This can lead to mitral valve regurgitation.	Mitral Incompetence,Mitral Regurgitation,Mitral Valve Incompetence,Mitral Insufficiency,Mitral Valve Regurgitation,Incompetence, Mitral,Incompetence, Mitral Valve,Insufficiency, Mitral,Insufficiency, Mitral Valve,Regurgitation, Mitral,Regurgitation, Mitral Valve,Valve Incompetence, Mitral,Valve Insufficiency, Mitral,Valve Regurgitation, Mitral
D008945	Mitral Valve Prolapse	Abnormal protrusion or billowing of one or both of the leaflets of MITRAL VALVE into the LEFT ATRIUM during SYSTOLE. This allows the backflow of blood into left atrium leading to MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTOLIC MURMURS; or CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA.	Floppy Mitral Valve,Mitral Click-Murmur Syndrome,Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome,Click-Murmur Syndrome,Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome,Prolapsed Mitral Valve,Click Murmur Syndrome,Click-Murmur Syndrome, Mitral,Click-Murmur Syndrome, Systolic,Click-Murmur Syndromes,Floppy Mitral Valves,Mitral Click Murmur Syndrome,Mitral Valve Prolapses,Mitral Valve, Floppy,Mitral Valve, Prolapsed,Mitral Valves, Floppy,Mitral Valves, Prolapsed,Prolapse, Mitral Valve,Prolapsed Mitral Valves,Prolapses, Mitral Valve,Syndrome, Click-Murmur,Syndrome, Mitral Click-Murmur,Syndrome, Systolic Click-Murmur,Syndromes, Click-Murmur,Systolic Click Murmur Syndrome,Valve Prolapse, Mitral,Valve Prolapses, Mitral,Valve, Prolapsed Mitral,Valves, Prolapsed Mitral
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man