UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MITRAL REGURGITATION - HEART DISEASES

Understand Mitral Failure



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Mitral insufficiency occurs when a "piece" of the heart, called the mitral valve, becomes defective, damaging the bloodstream and causing symptoms such as tiredness, shortness of breath, or swelling in the feet and ankles. In mitral regurgitation, the mitral valve, which allows the passage of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle, as the image shows, does not close completely, causing a small volume of blood to return to the lungs instead of irrigate the body, as it should