Any disease of the mitral valve which is a heart valve that regulates the flow of blood between the two left chambers of the heart i.e. controls the flow of blood from the left atrium into the left ventricle of the heart. Some examples of mitral-valve diseases are mitral-valve prolapse, mitral regurgitation and mitral stenosis. ...more »
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