valvulitis /val·vu·li·tis/ (val-vu-li´tis) inflammation of a valve, especially of a heart valve.
valvulitis
val·vu·li·tis (v l vy -l  t s)n. Inflammation of a valve, especially a cardiac valve. |
valvulitis
[val′vyəlī′tis]
an inflammation of a valve, especially a cardiac valve. Inflammatory changes in the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valves of the heart are caused most commonly by rheumatic fever and less frequently by bacterial endocarditis and syphilis. Infected valves degenerate, or their cusps become stiff and calcified, resulting in stenosis and obstructed blood flow.
valvulitis
inflammation of a valve, especially of a valve of the heart.
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