Mitral-valve prolapse
Mitral-valve prolapse: Introduction
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 ... more about Mitral-valve prolapse.
Mitral-valve prolapse: A common heart condition that is often harmless.
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- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Good. Many cases are harmless.
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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.
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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)
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