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Mitral Stenosis

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Ortner's Syndrome

Ortner’s syndrome occurs when mitral stenosis causes massive left atrial enlargement compressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve and a hoarse voice.

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Mitral Facies

Mitral facies refers to the abnormal flushing of the cheeks that occurs from cutaneous vasodilation in the setting of severe mitral valve stenosis (usually rheumatic in origin) causing a low cardiac output state.

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Mitral Stenosis Topic Review

The mitral valve, so named because of its similarity to a bishop’s miter, has five important structural elements: 1) the mitral annulus, 2) the mitral valve leaflets, 3) the commissures, 4) chordae tendineae and 5) papillary muscles.

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