mitral (redirected from mitral valve prolapse (MVP))

mitral /mi·tral/ (mi´tril) shaped like a miter; pertaining to the mitral valve.

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mi·tral (mtrl)

adj.

1. Relating to a mitral valve.

2. Shaped like a bishop's miter. Used of a structure resembling the shape of a headband or turban.

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mitral

shaped like a miter; pertaining to the mitral valve.

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mitral area

that area of the thoracic wall through which sounds of the mitral valve can best be auscultated; generally the lower one-third of the mid- to anterior left thorax.

mitral atresia-hypoplastic left heart syndrome

defects in the development of the mitral valve, left heart and aortic valve, which occur rarely in cats.

mitral complex

includes the leaflets, annulus, chordae tendineae and papillary muscles of the mitral valve, left atrium and left ventricular muscle wall.

mitral insufficiency

a functional incompetence resulting in regurgitation of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium during systole or from the great vessels into the left atrium during diastole.

mitral regurgitation

see mitral insufficiency (above).

mitral valve

the left atrioventricular valve, the valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart; it is composed of two cusps, anterior and posterior. Called also the bicuspid valve.

mitral valve prolapse (MVP)

a condition in which some portion of the mitral valve is pushed back too far during ventricular contraction. Often a complication of mitral endocardiosis.