valvular heart disease

/ˌvælvjələr hɑrt dəˌziz/

Definitions of valvular heart disease

1. noun

   heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation
   types:

   aortic stenosis

   abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve

   mitral valve prolapse

   cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart

   mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis

   obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)

   type of:

   cardiopathy, heart disease

   a disease of the heart