Mitral-valve prolapse

Introduction: Mitral-valve prolapse

Mitral-valve prolapse: Mitral-valve prolapse (MVP) is frequently diagnosed in healthy people and is, for the most part, harmless. Most people suffer no symptoms at all. New estimates are that about ... more about Mitral-valve prolapse.

Mitral-valve prolapse: A common heart condition that is often harmless. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Mitral-valve prolapse is available below.

Symptoms of Mitral-valve prolapse

• No symptoms - most people have no symptoms, not even a heart murmur.
• Heart murmur
• Heart click
• Mitral regurgitation
• Mild symptoms

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Medical Textbooks Online about Mitral-valve prolapse

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Less Common Symptoms of Mitral-valve prolapse

• Atrio-ventricular block

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Diagnostic Tests for Mitral-valve prolapse

• Physical exam
• Stethoscope
• Electrocardiograph (ECG)
• Echocardiography

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Mitral-valve prolapse?

• Misdiagnosis of Mitral-valve prolapse
• Failure to diagnose Mitral-valve prolapse
• Underlying causes of Mitral-valve prolapse (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Mitral-valve prolapse

Misdiagnosis and Mitral-valve prolapse

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Causes of Mitral-valve prolapse

• Rheumatic fever - once a common cause of MVP
• Now less common due to antibiotic treatment of rheumatic fever

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Treatments for Mitral-valve prolapse

• No treatment - often no treatment is required.
• Medications
• Anti-blood pressure drugs - sometimes used for mitral regurgitation
• Surgery - rarely needed.
• Preventive antibiotics - used before dental work or surgery to avoid bacterial endocarditis.

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Prognosis for Mitral-valve prolapse

Prognosis for Mitral-valve prolapse: Good. Many cases are harmless.

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Reseach about Mitral-valve prolapse

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Clinical Trials for Mitral-valve prolapse

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Mitral-valve prolapse include:

• Pivotal Study of a Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair System - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Feasibility Study of a Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair System. - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Statistics for Mitral-valve prolapse

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Article Excerpts about Mitral-valve prolapse

Mitral-valve prolapse (MVP) is frequently diagnosed in healthy people and is, for the most part, harmless. Most people suffer no symptoms at all. New estimates are that about 2 percent of the adult population has the condition. MVP is also called floppy valve syndrome, Barlow's or Reid-Barlow's syndrome, ballooning mitral valve, midsystolic-click-late systolic murmur syndrome, or click murmur syndrome. MVP can be present from birth or develop at any age and occurs equally in both men and women. MVP is one of the most frequently made cardiac diagnoses in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Facts About Mitral-Valve Prolapse: NHLBI)

Definitions of Mitral-valve prolapse:

Abnormal protrusion of one or both of the leaflets of the mitral valve into the left atrium during systole. This may be accompanied by mitral regurgitation, systolic murmur, nonejection click, or cardiac arrhythmia. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Mitral-valve prolapse is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Mitral-valve prolapse, or a subtype of Mitral-valve prolapse, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)