Stenosis is when the valve opening becomes narrow and restricts blood flow. Prolapse is when a valve slips out of place or the valve flaps (leaflets) do not close properly. Regurgitation is when blood leaks backward through a valve, sometimes due to prolapse.
Stenosis. While regurgitation refers to valves that don't close properly, stenosis refers to heart valves that don't open fully and properly, resulting in a narrowing of the path of blood flow, causing the heart to work harder and reducing the body's supply of oxygen.
Aortic valve stenosis: This happens when your aortic valve can't open all the way because it has become too thick and stiff. Sometimes, this condition can also make it harder for the valve to close the right way, causing regurgitation.
Mitral valve stenosis occurs when the mitral valve in your heart narrows, restricting blood flow into the main pumping chamber. Your mitral valve may also leak, causing blood to flow back through the valve each time the left ventricle contracts. This condition is called mitral valve regurgitation.
Mitral regurgitation is a disorder in which the mitral valve on the left side of the heart does not close properly. Regurgitation means leaking from a valve that does not close all the way. The external structures of the heart include the ventricles, atria, arteries and veins.
Aortic valve regurgitation — or aortic regurgitation — is a condition that occurs when your heart's aortic valve doesn't close tightly. As a result, some of the blood pumped out of your heart's main pumping chamber (left ventricle) leaks backward.
Causes of aortic regurgitation include: Congenital heart valve disease: Conditions like bicuspid aortic valve disease or other genetic heart conditions that affect the aortic valve's structure or number of leaflets.
Severe aortic stenosis (AS) and mitral regurgitation (MR) frequently coexist. Although some observational studies have reported that moderate or severe MR is associated with higher mortality, the optimal management of such patients is still unclear.
Aortic stenosis (AS) is the second most common valvular disease in the western world after mitral regurgitation (MR), affecting 2% of the population between 65 and 75 years and 6% of those older than 75 years (2), and is frequently associated combined with other valvular disease or mixed with some degree of aortic ...
A standard echocardiogram, also called a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), can confirm a diagnosis of mitral valve regurgitation and determine its severity.
In mitral valve prolapse, the valve flaps bulge (prolapse) into the upper left chamber (atrium) during each heartbeat. Mitral valve prolapse can cause blood to leak backward, a condition called mitral valve regurgitation.
Trace tricuspid regurgitation basically means that only a tiny bit of blood leaks back in to the upper right chamber of the heart. The simple answer to the question is no you should not be worried. In fact trace tricuspid regurgitation is considered a normal finding.
Regurgitation happens when digestive fluids and undigested food rise from the esophagus into the mouth. In adults, involuntary regurgitation is a symptom of conditions such as acid reflux, GERD, and rumination syndrome. In infants, frequent regurgitation is a common symptom of functional infant regurgitation and GERD.
In chronic aortic regurgitation, valvular surgery is needed when the regurgitant volume becomes moderate to severe. However, certain etiologies may dictate surgery even if the degree of regurgitation is mild.
In mitral valve prolapse, the valve flaps bulge (prolapse) into the upper left chamber (atrium) during each heartbeat. Mitral valve prolapse can cause blood to leak backward, a condition called mitral valve regurgitation.
The typical murmur of aortic stenosis is a high-pitched, "diamond shaped" crescendo-decrescendo, midsystolic ejection murmur heard best at the right upper sternal border radiating to the neck and carotid arteries (see figure below). In mild aortic stenosis, the murmur peaks in early systole.