MITRAL STENOSIS

Course overview

MITRAL STENOSIS (MS) IS A FORM OF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THE NARROWING OF THE MITRAL VALVE ORIFICE. THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF MITRAL STENOSIS IS RHEUMATIC FEVER, THOUGH THE STENOSIS TYPICALLY DOES NOT BECOME CLINICALLY RELEVANT UNTIL SEVERAL DECADES LATER. UNCOMMON CAUSES OF MITRAL STENOSIS ARE CALCIFICATION OF THE MITRAL VALVE LEAFLETS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. OTHER CAUSES OF MITRAL STENOSIS INCLUDE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS, MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION, ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS, MALIGNANT CARCINOID SYNDROME, SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, WHIPPLE DISEASE, FABRY DISEASE, AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS MITRAL STENOSIS AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.