Mitral valve prolapse - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Mitral valve prolapse
Synonyms
- Floppy mitral valve
- Barlow's syndrome
- MVP
- Mitral prolapse
- Prolapsed mitral valve
- Myxomatous degeneration of mitral valve
Causes
Effects
Parents
Description
- "Prevalence 3%
75% have severe scoliosis
- pectus excavatum
- or straight back syndrome.
50% have palpitations
40% have chest pain
15% have migraine (c.f. 7% normals)"