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Annual Review of Medicine, 1976 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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Apollo Medicine, 2018 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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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1979 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 in Pregnancy
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016 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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Relationship Mitral valve prolapse syndrome and duodenal ulcer disease with concomitant autonomic dysfunction [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Internal MedicineBackground: 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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Residual Mitral Regurgitation After Repair for Posterior Leaflet Prolapse—Importance of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering [PDF]
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 BackgroundCarpentier's techniques for degenerative posterior mitral leaflet prolapse have been established with excellent long‐term results reported.
Taichi Sakaguchi +9 more
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Mitral valve prolapse in the dog: a model of mitral valve prolapse in man [PDF]
Cardiovascular Research, 2000 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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Stroke in the young: infective endocarditis due to mitral valve prolapse leading to acute ischemic stroke and subsequent hemorrhagic transformation [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency MedicineBackground Stroke in young needs an individualized approach before considering thrombolysis. Here we present a case of undiagnosed mitral valve prolapse presenting with stroke due to associated infective endocarditis.
Kajal Arora, Amarja Ashok Havaldar
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Hospital Practice, 1985 The most common valvular disorder in the United States was identified only 20 years ago. Characterized by nonexertional chest pain, dyspnea, fatigue, and psychiatric disturbances, it can often be diagnosed by stethoscope. In some cases, various cardiographic and visualization techniques may be necessary.
Mark A. Popovsky +2 more
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