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Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death—A Puzzle with Missing Pieces: Review of the Literature and Case Report [PDF]
Medical SciencesBackground: 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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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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Diagnostics, 2021 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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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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Staphylococcus lugdunensis Endocarditis Complicated by Embolism in an 18-Year-Old Woman with Mitral Valve Prolapse [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2013 Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS). It is a major cause of prosthetic valve endocarditis; mitral valve prolapse (MVP) has emerged as a prominent predisposing structural cardiac abnormality.
Rosaria Pecoraro +4 more
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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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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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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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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.
M A, Popovsky +2 more
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Should mitral valve prolapse be considered as one of the risk factors for open angle glaucoma? A preliminary observation [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 AIM: To assess the incidence of mitral valve prolapse in patients with newly diagnosed primary open angle glaucoma. METHODS: The study included 12 patients without any other comorbidities or taking any general or local medications. Each patient underwent
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