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Valvular heart disease

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endocarditis
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. It usually involves the heart valves. Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae, the mural endocardium, or the surfaces of intracardiac devices. Endocarditis is characterized by lesions, known as vegetations, which are masses of platelets, fibrin, microcolonies of microorganisms, and scant inflammatory cells. In the subacute form of infective endocarditis, a vegetation may also include a center of granulomatous tissue, which may fibrose or calcify.
aortic valve stenosis
aortic valve disease that has physical basis in incomplete opening of the aortic valve
heart valve disease
disease in the valves of the heart
mitral valve insufficiency
disorder of the heart in which the mitral valve does not close properly when the heart pumps out blood
mitral valve stenosis
mitral valve disease that is characterized by the narrowing of the orifice of the mitral valve of the heart
infective endocarditis
endocarditis that is characterized by inflammation of the endocardium caused by infectious agents.
aortic valve insufficiency
aortic valve disease that is characterized by leaking of the aortic valve of the heart causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle
tricuspid insufficiency
tricuspid valve disease
mitral valve prolapse
mitral valve disease where one or both of the cusps of the mitral valve bulge or collapse backward in the left atrium during systole
pulmonary valve stenosis
Human disease
bicuspid aortic valve
human disease
Libman–Sacks endocarditis
human disease
tricuspid valve stenosis
valvular heart disease which results in the narrowing of the orifice of the tricuspid valve of the heart
Ross procedure
type of surgical operation
pulmonary valve insufficiency
disease that occurs when the pulmonary valve is not strong enough to prevent backflow into the right ventricle
Loeffler endocarditis
restrictive cardiomyopathy that affects the endocardium and occurs with white blood cell proliferation, specifically of eosinophils
RASopathy
The RASopathies are a group of developmental syndromes caused by germline mutations in genes belonging to the Ras/MAPK pathway. Common features include intellectual disability, congenital heart defects, skin abnormalities, and craniofacial abnormalities.
Heyde's syndrome
medical condition
Mitral valve replacement
procedure to replace mitral valve
Heart valve dysplasia
human disease
pulmonic stenosis
human health condition