floppy mitral valve
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Mitral valve prolapse — Drooping down or abnormal bulging of the mitral valve’s cusps backward into the * * * mitral valve prolapse n a valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve flaps close incompletely during systole usu. producing either a click or… … Medical dictionary
mitral valve prolapse syndrome — prolapse of the mitral valve, often with regurgitation, associated with myxomatous proliferation of the leaflets of the mitral valve, a common, usually benign, often asymptomatic condition characterized by midsystolic clicks and late systolic… … Medical dictionary
mitral regurgitation — mitral incompetence failure of the mitral valve to close, allowing a reflux of blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the left atrium. It may be due to mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in which one or both valve leaflets flop back into the left … The new mediacal dictionary
floppy valve syndrome — mitral valve prolapse s … Medical dictionary
Prolapso mitral — Regurgitación de sangre a través de la vál … Wikipedia Español
midsystolic click — a high frequency sound in mid systole, often associated with prolapse of a floppy mitral valve; it may be accompanied by a late systolic murmur … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
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