Glossary for Mitral valve disease

• Breathing difficulties: Various types of breathing difficulty (dyspnea).
• Dilated cardiomyopathy: A rare chronic heart muscle condition where one or both heart ventricles are dilated or have impaired contractility.
• Fatigue: Excessive tiredness or weakness.
• Goldberg syndrome: A rare lysosomal storage disorder characterized by an enzyme deficiency (neuraminidase and beta-galactosidase) which results in a build-up of glycoproteins in the urine. There are three main subtypes: infantile, juvenile and adult forms. The early infantile form is the most severe and often results in death during infancy.
• Heart conditions: Any condition that affects the heart
• Heart valve diseases: Diseases that affect the valves of the heart
• Mitral regurgitation: A condition which is characterized by a regurgitation of blood from the left ventricle into the atrium due to a problem with the mitral valve
• Mitral stenosis: Narrowing of the mitral heart valve
• Mitral-valve prolapse: A common heart condition that is often harmless.
• Orthopnoea: Breathlessness occurring when or aggravated by lying flat
• Palpitations: The subjective sensation of the beating of the heart at a rapid or irregular rate
• Rheumatic fever: An inflammatory disorder that can occur as a complication of untreated streptococcal bacterial infection such as strep throat or scarlet fever. The condition may affect the brain, skin, heart and joints.
• Rheumatic heart disease: Chronic heart condition due to heart damage from rheumatic fever

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