I. Definition
and related terms:
a. a
damaged mitral valve allows blood from the left ventricle to flow back into the
left atrium during systole.
b. to
handle the backflow, the atrium enlarges. So does the left ventricle, in part
to make up for its lower output of blood.
II. Epidemiology
a. follows
birth defects such as transposition of the great arteries.
b.in
older clients, the mitral annulus may have become calcified.
c. cause
unknown; may be linked to a degenerative process.
d. occurs
in 5 to...
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