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Mitral Valve Prolapse Presenting as Unilateral Pulmonary Edema Mimicking Pneumonia. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT A 40‐year‐old man presented with right‐sided pulmonary infiltrates mimicking pneumonia. Imaging and transesophageal echocardiography revealed unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) from acute severe mitral regurgitation (MR) due to chordal rupture. Unilateral infiltrates with rapid deterioration warrant early echocardiographic evaluation.
Inoue S, Jo A, Kumazoe H, Wakamatsu K.
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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 Sciences
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, Marius Mihai Harpa, David-Emanuel Anitei, Paul Calburean, Roxana Rudzik   +4 more
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Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse: Introducing an Era of Multimodality Imaging-Based Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

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, Marco Guglielmo, Andrea Baggiano, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Laura Fusini, Manuela Muratori, Gloria Tamborini, Valentina Mantegazza, Alessandro Trancuccio, Carlo Arnò, Andrea Mazzanti, Mauro Pepi, Silvia Giuliana Priori, Gianluca Pontone   +13 more
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Aborted sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation in a female patient with mitral valve prolapse

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2021
Background Mitral valve prolapse is the most frequent valvular defect associated with a wide range of electro-hemodynamic abnormalities, leading to heart failure, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Mitral valve prolapse, first described from Barlow in
Sofien Ayed, Rainer Hoffmann
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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
Ewa Grudzińska, Malgorzata Peregud-Pogorzelska, Daniel Zaborski, Monika Modrzejewska   +3 more
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Status of the collagen metabolism and intracardiac hemodynamics in patients with mitral valve prolapse and diabetes mellitus type 1

Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series Medicine, 2021
Summary. Mitral valve prolapse is a significant cardiovascular risk factor in young adults. Its combination with type 1 diabetes mellitus can influence the nature and development of the disease.
Olena Nikolenko, Ivan Smirnov
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi, Andrea Roccuzzo, Jean‐Claude Imber, Alexandra Stähli, Björn Klinge, Niklaus P. Lang   +5 more
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MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE: A SMALL ANOMALY OF THE HEART, A NONSPECIFIC MANIFESTATION OF HEREDITARY CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS OR AN INDEPENDENT SYNDROME?

Juvenis Scientia, 2022
The review article presents modern concepts of the mitral valve prolapse. The issues of pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria of primary and probable prolapse are reflected, the issues of epidemiology are considered in detail.
E. V. Timofeev, E. G. Malev, E. V. Zemtsovsky, S. V. Reeva   +3 more
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The state of response of autonomic nervous system in children with mitral valve prolapse

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2021
The article presents summarized materials on connective tissue dysplasia of the heart, primary mitral valve prolapse, dysfunction of the autonomic system.
І.О.  Mitiuriaeva-Korniyko, O.V. Kuleshov, Ya.A. Medrazhevska, L.O. Fik, T.D. Klets   +4 more
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Frequency of Mitral Valve Prolapse in Apparently Healthy Children in Alexandria Governorate [PDF]

International Journal of Medical Arts, 2020
Background: Mitral valve prolapse is common with a reported prevalence ranging from 2–3%, Mitral valve prolapse and its possible complications is not yet studied in Egyptian children.
Nada Mohamed Diab, Lotfy El-Seheimy, Aly Abd Elmohsen   +2 more
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