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MeSH Heading: Mitral Valve Insufficiency
Tree Number(s): C14.280.484.461
Unique ID: D008944
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008944
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Mitral Incompetence; Mitral Insufficiency; Mitral Regurgitation; Mitral Valve Incompetence; Mitral Valve Regurgitation
NLM Classification #: WG 262
Public MeSH Note: 67; was MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY 1963-66
Online Note: use MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY to search MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY 1966
History Note: 67; was MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY 1963-66
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0013958
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Mitral Valve Insufficiency Preferred Term
Term UI T026743
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1967); Mitral Incompetence
Term UI T026745
Date09/24/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Mitral Insufficiency
Term UI T026741
Date01/09/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Mitral Regurgitation
Term UI T026742
Date09/24/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Mitral Valve Incompetence
Term UI T026746
Date09/24/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Term UI T026744
Date01/09/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

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