Rheumatic mitral stenosis

Rheumatic mitral valve stenosis, also known as rheumatic heart valve disease, is a chronic heart disease left after acute rheumatic fever invades the heart. It is still quite common in China. Rheumatic heart valve disease is most common with mitral valve, followed by aortic valve, tricuspid valve is rare, and pulmonary valve is more rare. Chronic rheumatic heart disease can involve several valves. The most common clinical disease is mitral valve disease alone, accounting for about 70%, followed by mitral valve with aortic valve disease accounting for about 25%, aortic valve disease alone accounts for about 2-3%, and tricuspid valve or pulmonary artery Valve disease is often associated with mitral or aortic valve disease.

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