Systolic Click Syndrome

Systolic Click Syndrome

Systolic Click Syndrome To the Editor: I have read with interest the article by Liedtke et al. (Circulation 47: 27, 1973) who have demonstrated a reduction in the extent of shortening of the proximal ventricular segment and the mitral valve ring, with an increase in the diameter of the ring in some of their patients. It is probable, however, that this angiographic appearance may have been due t...

Mitral valvular prolapse and systolic click-murmur syndrome.

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Acromegaly, the systolic click syndrome, and group D streptococcal endocarditis.

A syndrome consisting of an apical systolic click and late systolic murmur appeared over a period of three months in a patient with acromegaly. Levels of growth hormone were highest during this interval. As a result of group D streptococcal endocarditis three months later, the patient sustained cerebral embolism and acquired free mitral regurgitation from ruptured chordae tendineae. During foll...

The familial occurrence of the syndrome of mid-late systolic click and late systolic murmur.

Patients with late systolic murmurs, with and without mid-late systolic extra sounds, have recently been shown to have mitral regurgitation. This syndrome has been found to be familial in each of the four families we have studied. These families were found to have a high prevalence of mid-late systolic extra sounds, late systolic murmurs, pansystolic murmurs, abnormal electrocardiograms, and un...

Phonocardiogram and apex cardiogram in systolic click--late systolic murmur syndrome.