prolapsed mitral valve syndrome is a common, benign disorder with prevalence of %0.3-6 in population. this syndrome also is known as barlows syndrome and flaapy mitral valve syndrome. prolapsed mitral valve is the dropping of one or two mitral valve leaflet(s) into the left atrium during ventricular systole. this malformation leads to incomplete closing of mitral valve and regurgitates the bloo...

THE PROLAPSED MITRAL VALVE, or clickmurmur syndrome, continues to evoke interest, concern and controversy. Although the midsystolic click and late systolic murmur were well described in the late 19th century,1 it was not until 1961 that Reid2 suggested the mitral valve as the cause of the click and mitral insufficiency as the cause of the murmur. This was confirmed by angiocardiography and phon...

We herein report a case of infective endocarditis associated with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in a 34-year-old man with Klinefelter syndrome. The patient was admitted with a fever and headache that had persisted for three weeks. Repeated blood cultures showed growth of Streptococcus oralis. Echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral regurgitation with a large vegetation attached to the prolaps...

Eight patients with prolapsed mitral valve syndrome, with a mid - or - end - diastolic click or murmur, underwent echocardiographic examination using ultrasound. Examination of the displacement of the valves by the "time motion" method showed all cases to have an abnormal recoil; in 6 cases this occurred in mid or late systole, and in two from the beginning of systole. The recorded amplitude of...

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) or Bland-White-Garland syndrome is usually an isolated cardiac anomaly but, in rare incidences, has been described with patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, and tetralogy of Fallot. This syndrome may cause sudden death in infants and young people but in this case report we present two different types...

20. Ranganathan N, Silver MD, Robinson TI, Kostuk WJ, Felderhof CH, Patt NL, Wilson JK, Wigle ED: Angiographic-morphologic correlation in patients with severe mitral regurgitation due to prolapse of the posterior mitral valve leaflet. Circulation 48: 514, 1973 21. Ranganathan N, Silver MD, Wigle ED: Mitral valve prolapse. Circulation 49: 1268, 1974 22. Grossman H, Fleming RJ, Engle MA, Levin AH...

The echocardiographic findings are described for five patients who had the prolapsed mitral valve syndrome, proven by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. In all five patients, the echocardiograms demonstrated posterior displacement of the posterior mitral leaflet during systole. In four of the patients there was also posterior displacement of the anterior leaflet. Four of the five pa...

1 Reid J. Mid-systolic clicks. S African Med J 1961; 35: 353 2 Barlow J, Pocock W, Marchand P, et al. The significance of late systolic murmurs. Am Heart J 1963; 66:443-52 3 Markiewicz W, Stoner J, et al. Mitral valve prolapse in one hundred presumably healthy young females. Circulation 1976; 53:464-73 4 Procacci P, Savran S, et al. Prevalence of clinical mitral valve prolapse in 1169 young wom...

BACKGROUND The procedure of quadrangular resection and suture for prolapsed posterior leaflet of the mitral valve is a reliable and reproducible method that achieves excellent long-term results. However, triangular resection and suture of a prolapsed anterior leaflet is not widely supported and different techniques have been advocated. The aim of this study was to review our experience of mitra...