Mitral Valve Annulus

Preferred Label : Mitral Valve Annulus;

NCIt definition : A saddle-shaped, fibrous structure that provides support to the mitral valve leaflets, and functions to contract during ventricular systole, thereby providing complete closure of the mitral valve and preventing regurgitant blood flow into the left atrium.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A fibrous membrane that attaches to, and provides support for, the mitral valve leaflets.;

Details

Origin ID

C127306;

UMLS CUI

C0225947;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mitral valve annulus [LOINC System]
- Mitral valve, annulus [Anatomie ACR]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fibrous ring of mitral valve [FMA entity]
- Mitral valve annulus [LOINC System]
- Structure of anulus fibrosus of mitral orifice (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- anulus fibrosus of mitral orifice [SNOMED Notion]
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- CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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