What does mitral valve insufficiency mean?

Mitral valve insufficiency refers to abnormal structure or function of mitral valve, belonging to a clinical syndrome.

Rheumatic damage, infective endocarditis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular enlargement, annular calcification and other reasons may cause mitral valve insufficiency. If the patient is chronic disease, generally there will be no obvious symptoms in the early stage, but as the disease progresses, it may cause symptoms such as dyspnea and orthopnea; If the patient has acute mitral valve insufficiency, acute left heart failure, acute pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock and other serious diseases may occur, and the patient should go to the hospital for targeted treatment in time.