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mitral stenosis
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mitral stenosis [′mī·trəl stə′nō·səs]
(medicine)
Obstruction of the mitral valve, usually due to narrowing of the orifice.


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However, unlike most toddlers taking those first tentative steps, little Jack has the 20,000 to one heart condition, hypoplastic left ventricle mitral atresia.
The concomitant congenital valvular abnormalities described to date consist of mitral atresia, double-orifice mitral valve, mitral valve cleft, congenital mitral valve stenosis, aortic stenosis, absent aortic valve and tricuspid atresia, which all have been primarily reported in infants and children (2,5,8).
Chapter 11 Aortic atresia, mitral atresia, and hypoplastic left ventricle.
 
 
 
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