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Mitral valve prolapse, Click murmurs syndrome, Barlow's syndrome is one of the common cause of mitral valve disease with or without mitral regurgitation. Barlow gave full clinical description of the disorder in 1963.
Nekkanti Venkat Rayudu
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Mitral valve prolapse is a condition that is being recognized with increased frequency. It is not known whether its incidence is increasing, or whether we are better able to diagnose it today. In the idiopathic or familial variety, the mitral valve pathology is almost always that of myxomatous degeneration. Some authors have suggested the presence of a
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Mitral valve prolapse, diagnosed by auscultation of typical midsystolic clicks and late systolic murmurs or by echocardiographic demonstration of definite systolic protrusion of the mitral leaflets into the left atrium, is the commonest human abnormality of heart valves, affecting roughly 4 per cent of the population.
Richard B. Devereux
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Mitral valve prolapse is a common cardiac condition, with an estimated prevalence between 1% and 3%. Most patients have a benign course, but ever since its initial description mitral valve prolapse has been associated to sudden cardiac death.
Deni Kukavica+13 more
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3D echocardiography in mitral valve prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is the leading cause of mitral valve surgery. Echocardiography is the principal imaging modality used to diagnose MVP, assess the mitral valve morphology and mitral annulus dynamics, and quantify mitral regurgitation.
Valentina Mantegazza+9 more
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Mitral Valve Prolapse in Pregnancy
Mitral valve prolapse is a benign condition. Mitral regurgitation is only complicated in patients with severe mitral valve prolapse. Women with mitral valve prolapse in the absence of other cardiovascular disorders tolerate pregnancy well and do not ...
Shi-Min Yuan, Song-Li Yan
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Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death—A Puzzle with Missing Pieces: Review of the Literature and Case Report [PDF]
Background: Mitral valve prolapse is a common valvular heart disorder, usually associated with a benign prognosis in the absence of significant mitral regurgitation.
Diana Roxana Opris+4 more
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Relationship Mitral valve prolapse syndrome and duodenal ulcer disease with concomitant autonomic dysfunction [PDF]
Background: There is no evidence regarding the crucial topic of possible correlation between duodenal ulcer disease and mitral valve prolapse syndrome. We herein investigated the potential relationship between these two disorders.
Jannis Kountouras+9 more
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Mitral valve prolapse in the dog: a model of mitral valve prolapse in man [PDF]
Time for primary review 31 days. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), i.e. abnormal systolic protrusion of mitral valve leaflets into the left atrium, is a common cause of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) requiring operation in people living in industrialized nations [1,2].
Henrik D. Pedersen
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