Clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of mitral valvular disease

Valvular defects are pathological changes in the heart, during which defects in the valve apparatus or its walls, leading to heart failure, are observed. There are two large groups of heart defects: congenital and acquired. The diseases are chronic and slowly progressing, and therapy only alleviates their course, but does not eliminate the cause of their occurrence, therefore, full recovery is possible only with surgical intervention. This article is devoted to the issues of classification, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, and approaches to diagnosis and treatment of mitral valvular disease.