Narrowing of the passage through the MITRAL VALVE due to FIBROSIS, and CALCINOSIS in the leaflets and chordal areas. This elevates the left atrial pressure which, in turn, raises pulmonary venous and capillary pressure leading to bouts of DYSPNEA and TACHYCARDIA during physical exertion. RHEUMATIC FEVER is its primary cause.
    

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Asynchronism in mitral stenosis / by C.C. Gibbes.

Mitral stenosis : a case study in the history of surgery / Gert H. Brieger.

The jugular venous pulse.

The surgery of mitral stenosis / by Robert P. Glover and Julio C. Davila.

Case : a large pedunculated thrombus hanging from the wall of the left auricle, associated with mitral stenosis / by John Hay.

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Asynchronism in mitral stenosis / by C.C. Gibbes.

Mitral stenosis : a case study in the history of surgery / Gert H. Brieger.

The jugular venous pulse.

The surgery of mitral stenosis / by Robert P. Glover and Julio C. Davila.

Case : a large pedunculated thrombus hanging from the wall of the left auricle, associated with mitral stenosis / by John Hay.