| NOUN | state | valvular heart disease | heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed / obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation |
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| Meaning | heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed / obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation. | |
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| Narrower | aortic stenosis | Abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve |
| mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis | Obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever) | |
| mitral valve prolapse | cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart | |
| Broader | heart disease, cardiopathy | A disease of the heart |
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