Abstract
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Mitral valve prolapse is usually a primary, dominantly inherited condition with more consistent gene expression in women than in men or children.
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Diagnosis is by midsystolic click/late systolic murmur; echocardiography confirms and documents severity.
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True mitral valve prolapse syndrome is characterized by low body weight and blood pressure, minor skeletal abnormalities, orthostatic hypotension, palpitations, and mitral regurgitation of variable degree.
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Complications are progressive mitral regurgitation, infective endocarditis, and possible risk of arrhythmic sudden death and orthostatic syncope.
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Risk factors for complications indude older age, male gender, mitral regurgitant murmur, and possibly greater weight and higher blood pressure.
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Presence and severity of mitral regurgitation govern frequency and intensiveness of follow-up.
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Devereux, R.B. (2001). Mitral Valve Prolapse. In: Alpert, J.S. (eds) Cardiology for the primary care Physician. Current Medicine Group. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6601-4_22
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