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The natural history of mitral stenosis secondary to rheumatic fever (the most common cause) is an asymptomatic latent phase following the initial episode of rheumatic fever. This latent period lasts an average of 16.3 ± 5.2 years. Once symptoms of mitral stenosis begin to develop, progression to severe disability takes 9.2 ± 4.3 years.
The mitral valve in cases of mitral stenosis may open with an opening snap [1] [2] on the beginning of diastole. Patients with mitral valve prolapse may have a mid-systolic click along with a murmur, referred to as apical late systolic murmur. [3] Early systolic clicks may also be present in some patients. [4]
If the mitral valve doesn’t shut all the way, blood can leak back into the left atrium, called mitral valve regurgitation. During diastole, the mitral valve opens and lets blood fill into the ventricle. If the mitral valve doesn’t open enough, it gets harder to fill the left ventricle, called mitral valve stenosis.
Loud mitral S1 and wide fixed split of pulmonary S2: The loud sound of the mitral S1 and the wide fixed split of pulmonary S2 is a symptoms of mitral stenosis. The sounds often are caused by a reduced pressure gradient in the mitral area that was caused from decompression of the left atrium from the ASD and a displacement (moving from normal ...
Symptoms of mitral stenosis increase with exercise and pregnancy [16] On auscultation of a patient with mitral stenosis, typically the most prominent sign is a loud S 1. [16] Another finding is an opening snap followed by a low-pitched diastolic rumble with presystolic accentuation.
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The Austin Flint murmur is named after the 19th century American physician, Austin Flint (1812–1886). [8] He disapproved of associating any physical sign with the name of the original describer, and wrote, "So long as signs are determined from fancied analogies, and named from these or after the person who describes them, there cannot but be obscurity and confusion."
A presystolic murmur, also called presystolic accentuation, is a type of diastolic heart murmur typically associated with the opening snap in mitral valve stenosis.It is heard following the middiastolic rumble of the stenotic valve, [1] during the diastasis phase, making it a "late diastolic" murmur.