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Understanding Mitral Valve Stenosis

Untreated or advanced mitral valve stenosis can lead to several problems: 1) The narrow valve opening reduces blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. 2) The reduced blood flow causes the volume and pressure of blood in the left atrium to increase. 3) The increased blood volume and pressure in the left atrium causes it to enlarge over time.

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Understanding Mitral Valve Stenosis

Untreated or advanced mitral valve stenosis can lead to several problems: 1) The narrow valve opening reduces blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. 2) The reduced blood flow causes the volume and pressure of blood in the left atrium to increase. 3) The increased blood volume and pressure in the left atrium causes it to enlarge over time.

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What problems can result from untreated or advanced mitral valve stenosis?
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Mitral stenosis is caused when blood flow through the narrow valve opening is reduced. As a result, the volume
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and pressure from blood remaining in the left atrium increases which then causes the left atrium to enlarge.

Problem: Mitral Valve Stenosis

What causes mitral valve stenosis?


Mitral stenosis almost always results from rheumatic fever, a childhood illness that sometimes occurs after
untreated9strep throat or scarlet fever.
Updated:Aug 26,2015
Rheumatic fever is very rare in this country due to the use of effective antibiotics to prevent infections.
Two conditions not related to mitral stenosis that can
mimic MVS by producing the same symptoms are:

Myxoma (a cancerous tumor in the left atrium)

What is mitral valve stenosis? (MVS)

Nearby blood clot that reduces blood flow


through the mitral valve
Mitral stenosis is a narrowing of the mitral valve
opening. Mitral stenosis restricts blood flow from the left
Is mitral valve stenosis treatable?
atrium to the left ventricle.
The symptoms of mitral stenosis can often be treated
and reduced by taking antibiotics to treat strep
throat, rheumatic fever or scarlet fever.
If drug treatment does not reduce the symptoms to a
satisfying degree, the valve may
be repaired or replaced.

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This content was last reviewed on 02/18/13.

Watch an animation of mitral valve


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