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What does mv insufficiency mean for a diagnosis to do a echo?
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Leaky valve: When your heart pumps blood, the mitral valve closes, and blood is pumped out an open aortic valve. If you mitral valve shows 'insufficiency', there is some degree of leak allowing blood to be pumped back up to the .And function. Talk to your doc about your particular diagnosis.
Answered 11/7/2013
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