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Pathology definition - Mitral stenosis
Mitral stenosis
Mitral stenosis is presented with calcification of the valve leaflets, shortening of the chordae tendinae and commissural fusion . In mitral stenosis, the mitral valve is characterized as having a fish mouth appearance. The common causes of mitral stenosis are infective endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease.
Mitral stenosis may present with signs and symptoms such as atrial fibrillation,opening snap after S2 and rumbling mid diastolic murmur heard at the apex.
Patient who suffer from mitral stenosis may also complain of orthopnea, dyspnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Patient may develop right ventricular heart failure. The treatment for mitral stenosis include mitral valve replacement and endocarditis prophylaxis.
References
1.Wood, Paul. "An Appreciation of Mitral Stenosis—I." British medical journal 1.4870 (1954): 1051.
2.Waller, Bruce F., Jane Howard, and Stephen Fess. "Pathology of mitral valve stenosis and pure mitral regurgitation—Part I." Clinical cardiology 17.6 (1994): 330-336.
Mitral stenosis is presented with calcification of the valve leaflets, shortening of the chordae tendinae and commissural fusion . In mitral stenosis, the mitral valve is characterized as having a fish mouth appearance. The common causes of mitral stenosis are infective endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease.
Mitral stenosis may present with signs and symptoms such as atrial fibrillation,opening snap after S2 and rumbling mid diastolic murmur heard at the apex.
Patient who suffer from mitral stenosis may also complain of orthopnea, dyspnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Patient may develop right ventricular heart failure. The treatment for mitral stenosis include mitral valve replacement and endocarditis prophylaxis.
References
1.Wood, Paul. "An Appreciation of Mitral Stenosis—I." British medical journal 1.4870 (1954): 1051.
2.Waller, Bruce F., Jane Howard, and Stephen Fess. "Pathology of mitral valve stenosis and pure mitral regurgitation—Part I." Clinical cardiology 17.6 (1994): 330-336.
