Congenital Abnormality
mitral atresia
mi·tral a·tre·sia [ mahy-truhl uh-tree-zhuh, -zhee-uh ]
Definitions related to mitral atresia:
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A congenital defect with failure to open of the mitral valve orifice.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(mitral valve atresia) A congenital defect where the valve (mitral) which connects the two chambers on the left side of the heart (atrium and ventricle) is closed off. The blood is unable to flow between the two heart chambers.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(mitral valve atresia) A congenital heart defect characterized by the complete atresia of the mitral valve.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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