Causes of heart valve diseases-

I. Stenosis of heart valves-

• Congenital heart valve diseases
• Acute rheumatic fever with carditis
• Senile degeneration of heart valves

II. Regurgitation of heart valves-

• Congenital diseases of heart valves
• Acute rheumatic fever with carditis
• Chronic rheumatic carditis
• Infective endocarditis
• Syphilitic aortitis
• Valve ring dilatation
• Senile degeneration.

Follow the following links to get articles on diseases of the heart valves-

Rheumatic heart diseases

Acute Rheumatic fever

Chronic Rheumatic heart disease

Mitral stenosis (MS)

Mitral regurgitation (MR)