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Mitral valve insufficiency due to cardiomyopathy

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Link to WHO Definition

Mitral valve insufficiency due to cardiomyopathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/242445297

This is a disorder of the heart in which the mitral valve does not close properly when the heart pumps out blood. It is the abnormal leaking of blood from the left ventricle, through the mitral valve, and into the left atrium, when the left ventricle contracts, i.e. there is regurgitation of blood back into the left atrium, due to cardiomyopathy.