| mitral facies | The pink, slightly cyanosed cheeks of patients with mitral valve disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mitral gradient | The diastolic pressure difference between the left atrium and left ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitral incompetence | <cardiology> The back flow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium through a defective mitral bicuspid valve. The most common cause for mitral regurgitation is rheumatic fever. Other causes include: myocardial infarction, massive calcification of the mitral annulus (in the elderly), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, infectious endocarditis and ankylosing spondylitis. (13 Nov 1997) |
| mitral murmur | A murmur produced at the mitral valve, either obstructive or regurgitant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitral orifice | An atrioventricular opening which leads from the left atrium into the left ventricle of the heart. Synonym: ostium atrioventriculare sinistrum, ostium arteriosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitral prolapse | Drooping down or abnormal bulging of the mitral valve cusps during the contraction of the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mitral regurgitation | <cardiology> The back flow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium through a defective mitral bicuspid valve. The most common cause for mitral regurgitation is rheumatic fever. Other causes include: myocardial infarction, massive calcification of the mitral annulus (in the elderly), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, infectious endocarditis and ankylosing spondylitis. (13 Nov 1997) |
| mitral stenosis | <cardiology> A congenital or acquired heart valve abnormality that describes the narrowing and ineffective opening of the mitral valve. (13 Nov 1997) |
| mitral tap | The palpable equivalent of the opening snap of the mitral valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitral valvotomy | Deliberate incision or enlargement by inserting a finger in the mitral valve due to mitral stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ischemic mitral regurgitation | A regurgitation of the mitral valve caused by ischemic heart disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fish-mouth mitral stenosis | Extreme mitral stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute adrenocortical insufficiency | Severe adrenocortical insufficiency when an intercurrent illness or trauma causes an increased demand for adrenocortical hormones in a patient with adrenal insufficiency due to disease or use of relatively large amounts of similar hormones as therapy; characterised by nausea, vomiting, hypotension, and frequently hyperthemia, hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia, and hypoglycaemia; can be fatal if untreated. Synonym: addisonian crisis, adrenal crisis, Bernard-Sergent syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adrenal gland insufficiency | <endocrinology> A condition that results from the inadequate production of adrenal hormones (see Addison's disease). (27 Sep 1997) |
| adrenal insufficiency | <endocrinology> A condition that results from the inadequate production of adrenal hormones (see Addison's disease). (27 Sep 1997) |