valvular disorders

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Last updated 3:05 AM on 10/20/26
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rheumatic fever (following strep) that allows autoantiboies to invade heat valves, joints, kidney

disease processes that can cause valv malfunction

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stenosis & incompetence

categories of valvular problems

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stenosis

narrowing/stiffening of valves

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incompetence

floppiness, also called prolapse and insufficiency

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stenosis

adversely affects full opening, constricting valve orifice so blood CANT flow easily through it generating a MURMUR

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murmur

rumbling sound caused by turbulence of stenosis

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incompetent valve

adversely affects FULL CLOSING

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incompetent valve

results in regurgitation of blood back into chamber it came from, can also cause turbulence/murmur