The cross-sectional echocardiographic features of mitral valve prolapse were defined in 26 children (ages 2-18 years) using a real-time, multiple-crystal ultrasound scanner. In each patient the physical findings of the mitral valve click-murmur syndrome were present and mitral valve prolapse had been diagnosed previously by conventional single crystal echocardiography. Mitral prolapse occurred ...

An association has been claimed between mitral valve prolapse and the neuroses, especially the anxiety states, panic disorders, and agoraphobia. In this study 103 patients with echocardiographically confirmed mitral valve prolapse were tested with the Eysenck Personality Inventory for neuroticism and with the General Health Questionnaire for the presence of neurotic symptoms. The scores for neu...

BACKGROUND The typical cardiac manifestations of Marfan syndrome are aortic regurgitation with progressive dilatation of the aortic root, which may cause dissection and rupture of the ascending aorta, mitral valve prolapse and mitral valve regurgitation. In this study, we aimed to show echocardiographic findings in 11 patients with Marfan syndrome. METHODS Diagnosis of Marfan syndrome was bas...

We evaluated 36 patients with cerebral ischemia and mitral valve prolapse and compared them with 36 age-matched controls with cerebral ischemia who had similar attributes but who did not have mitral valve prolapse. Stepwise logistic regression analysis revealed an inverse relation between cerebral ischemia in the presence of mitral valve prolapse and hypertension, diabetes mellitus, occlusive c...

BACKGROUND Mitral regurgitation (MR) represents the principal indication for reoperation in patients after repair of atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD). Reports of mitral valvuloplasty (MVP) in such patients are few; the alternative, mitral valve replacement (MVR), necessitates commitment to future valve replacement and long-term anticoagulation. We sought to determine the outcome of those ...

In order to establish the relative prevalence of mitral valve prolapse as diagnosed by two dimensional echocardiography, we studied 100 presumably healthy young women with two dimensional echocardiography and M-mode echocardiography, history, physical examination, electrocardiography, and phonocardiography. Two dimensional echocardiograms were obtained from parasternal, apical, and subcostal ac...

S olving the puzzle that ties mitral valve prolapse (MVP) to sudden cardiac death necessarily means overcoming 2 central challenges: establishing a mechanistic association between a very common disorder (MVP) and a rare outcome (sudden cardiac death) and discerning the cause and effect of an increasing array of associated structural, electrocardio-graphic, and now pathological findings. In this...

Clinical evidence for an abnormally of extracardiac connective tissue was sought in 21 patients with idiopathic mitral valve prolapse and was compared to that in 21 matched controls. The incidence of rheumatic and orthopaedic complaints and the prevalence of hypermobile joints, Marfanoid habitus, and skeletal deformity were compared in the 2 groups. Skin thickness and elasticity were measured, ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a common mitral valve disorder manifested clinically as a midsystolic click and/or a late systolic murmur (the click-murmur syndrome) and pathologically as billowing or prolapsing mitral leaflets (the floppy valve syndrome). Not only is it one of the two most common congenital heart diseases and the most common valve disorder diagnosed in the United States, but it is al...