Causes of Mitral Valve Insufficiency

Aortic and mitral valve diseases are the most common diseases of the heart valves. Insufficiency or stenosis problems in the mitral valve occur due to congenital causes, damage to the mitral valve as a result of a heart attack, or inflammatory diseases suffered in childhood.

mitral valve diseasesProblems with the mitral valve usually occur in later ages due to diseases suffered during childhood, regardless of genetic causes.

Mitral valve insufficiency, which causes symptoms such as shortness of breath and palpitations, is a condition that does not cause any serious symptoms and progresses insidiously. Therefore, it is important for individuals who experience symptoms such as shortness of breath, a feeling of fluttering in the heart, or getting tired easily to have an echocardiography.