Causes of Mitral regurgitation

Causes of Mitral regurgitation

Mitral regurgitation can be caused by mitral valve prolapse, heart attack, high blood pressure, congenital heart defects, cardiomyopathy, rheumatic fever and age-related heart weakness.

List of causes of Mitral regurgitation

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Mitral regurgitation) that could possibly cause Mitral regurgitation includes:

• Congenital heart defect
• Rheumatic fever
• Heart disease
• Prior heart attack
• Heart inflammation
• Heart infection

Causes of Mitral regurgitation (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Mitral regurgitation that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• Turner's syndrome
• Polycystic kidney disease, adult (autosomal dominant)
• Myocardial infarction
• Cardiomyopathy
• Polychondritis
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Pseudoxanthoma elasticum recessive type 1
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Marfan's syndrome
• Cohen syndrome
• Cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Methysergide
• Endocardial cushion defect
• Endocarditis
• Atrial septal defect (ostium primum)
• Contractural arachnodactyly
• Rheumatoid disease
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Endomyocardial fibrosis
• Fabry's disease

Mitral regurgitation: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Mitral regurgitation, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Mitral regurgitation:

• Valvular heart disease
• Mitral insufficiency
• Ischemic heart disease
• Cardiomegaly
• Secondary mitral regurgitation
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Aotic insufficiency
• Pulmonary congestion
• Pulmonary edema
• Dyspnea
• Orthopnea
• Congestive heart failure
• Pansystolic murmur

Mitral regurgitation: Causes and Types

Causes of Broader Categories of Mitral regurgitation: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Heart conditions
• Heart valve diseases
• Mitral valve disease
• Circulatory system conditions
• Chest conditions
• Heart valve conditions
• more types...»

Mitral regurgitation as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Mitral regurgitation as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Mitral regurgitation. Our database lists the following as having Mitral regurgitation as a complication of that condition:

• Mitral-valve prolapse

Mitral regurgitation as a symptom:

Conditions listing Mitral regurgitation as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Mitral regurgitation. Our database lists the following as having Mitral regurgitation as a symptom of that condition:

• Atrial myxoma, familial
• Bland-Garland-White syndrome
• Chromosome 9, trisomy 9q
• Chromosome 9q duplication
• Chromosome 9q duplication syndrome
• Del (3) (pter-p25) and dup (4) (pter-p16.1)
• Endomyocardial fibrosis
• Forney Robinson Pascoe syndrome
• Hypereosinophilic syndrome
• Idiopathic, hypertrophic, subaortic stenosis
• Mitral valve prolapse, familial
• Mitral-valve prolapse
• Rheumatic heart disease

What causes Mitral regurgitation?

Causes: Mitral regurgitation: Valve disorder allowing backflow of blood back into the atrium

Related information on causes of Mitral regurgitation:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Mitral regurgitation may be found in:

• Contagiousness for Mitral regurgitation
• Genetics of Mitral regurgitation
• Hidden causes of Mitral regurgitation

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