Mitral valve prolapse(MVP) (a.k.a. floppy mitral valve syndrome, systolic click murmur syndrome or billowing mitral leaflet) is a valvular heart disease characterized by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valveleaflet into the left atrium during systole. It is the primary form of myxomatous degeneration of the valve. There are various types of MVP, broadly classified as classic and nonclassic. In its nonclassic form, MVP carries a low risk ofcomplications and often can be kept minimal by dietary attention. In severe cases of classic MVP, complications includemitral regurgitation, infective endocarditis, congestive heart failure, and, in rare circumstances, cardiac arrest.
The diagnosis of MVP depends upon echocardiography, which uses ultrasound to visualize the mitral valve. The prevalence of MVP is estimated at 2-3% of the population.
The condition was first described by John Brereton Barlow in 1966. In consequence, it may also be referred to as Barlow's syndrome, and was subsequently termed mitral valve prolapse by J. Michael Criley.
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Basic information:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mitral-valve-prolapse/basics/definition/con-20024748 mayo clinic definition
http://www.webmd.com/heart/mitral-valve-prolapse-symptoms-causes-and-treatment web md mitral valve prolapse
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/mvp national heart lung and blood institute mitral valve prolapse
http://www.medicinenet.com/mitral_valve_prolapse/article.htm medicine net.com mitral valve prolapse
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/heart/disorders/mitral-valve-prolapse cleveland clinic mitral valve prolapse
http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/jared-bunch-rhythm-of-life/mitral-valve-prolapse-understanding-the-risk-of-valve-dysfunction-and-how-to-prevent-it/ every day health prevent mitral valve prolapse progression and protect your heart
http://www.healthline.com/health/mitral-valve-prolapse health line mitral valve prolapse
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/valvular-disorders/mitral-valve-prolapse-mvp merck manuals(professional version) mitral valve prolapse
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mitral-valve-problems/pages/introduction.aspx nhs uk mitral valve prolapse
http://umm.edu/health/medical/ency/articles/mitral-valve-prolapse university of maryland medical center mitral valve prolapse
http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/mitral-valve-prolapse.html family doctor.org mitral valve prolapse
http://www.heartpoint.com/mitralvalveprolapse.html heart point mitral valve prolapse
http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/mitral-valve-prolapse/overview.html new york times mitral valve prolapse
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/cardiovascular_diseases/mitral_valve_prolapse_85,p00229/ john hopkins medical library mitral valve prolapse
http://chealth.canoe.com/condition/getcondition/mitral-valve-prolapse canoe mitral valve prolapse
http://www.fortishealthcare.com/india/diseases/mitral-valve-prolapse-426 fortis mitral valve prolapse
http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthtopics/content.asp?hwid=ug1237 health link bc mitral valve prolapse
https://myhealth.alberta.ca/health/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=ug1237 my health alberta ca mitral valve prolapse
Advanced information:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/mitral_valve_prolapse/article_em.htm emedicine health mitral valve prolapse
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/759004-overview medscape mitral valve prolapse in emergency medicine
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/155494-overview medscape mitral valve prolapse
http://patient.info/doctor/mitral-valve-prolapse patient mitral valve prolapse
http://myheart.net/articles/mitral-valve-prolapse-explained/ my heart.net mitral valve prolapse – the definitive guide
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0601/p3343.html current management of mitral valve prolapse daniel p. bouknight, m.d., and robert a. o'rourke, m.d., university of texas health science center, san antonio, texas am fam physician. 2000 jun 1;61(11):3343-3350.
http://www.healio.com/cardiology/learn-the-heart/cardiology-review/mitral-valve-prolapse healio mitral valve prolapse
http://www.ctds.info/mvp1.html mitral valve prolapse
http://www.cardiachealth.org/mitral-valve-prolapse-mvp cardiac health mitral valve prolapse
http://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/mitral-valve-prolapse-syndrome/ nord mitral valve prolapse
https://www.escardio.org/guidelines-&-education/practice-tools/eacvi-toolboxes/valvular-imaging/mitral-valve-prolapse-of-posterior-leaflet european society of cardiology mitral valve prolapse
Research:
http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/2/3/165/htm j. cardiovasc. dev. dis. 2015, 2(3), 165-175; doi:10.3390/jcdd2030165 review imaging of mitral valve prolapse: what can we learn from imaging about the mechanism of the disease? ronen durst * and dan gilon
http://jcmr-online.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1532-429x-10-16 mapping of mitral regurgitant defects by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in moderate or severe mitral regurgitation secondary to mitral valve prolapse by ruvin s gabriel et al., journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance200810:16 doi: 10.1186/1532-429x-10-16
http://cardiovascularultrasound.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-7120-8-1 preoperative scallop-by-scallop assessment of mitral prolapse using 2d-transthoracic echocardiography by giovanni minardi et al., cardiovascular ultrasound20108:1 doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-8-1
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/2013/376152/ ana gavrovska, goran zajic, irini reljin, and branimir reljin, “classification of prolapsed mitral valve versus healthy heart from phonocardiograms by multifractal analysis,” computational and mathematical methods in medicine, vol. 2013, article id 376152, 10 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/376152
dalal j j, vengsarkar a s, mondkar a m, kinare sg, nair k g. an unusual instance of mitral valve prolapse in endomyocardial fibrosis. j postgrad med [serial online] 1978 [cited 2016 jun 28];24:237-9. available from: http://www.jpgmonline.com/text.asp?1978/24/4/237/42655
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/crp/2010/541781/ andreas p. michaelides, charalampos i. liakos, charalambos antoniades, et al., “st-segment depression in hyperventilation indicates a false positive exercise test in patients with mitral valve prolapse,” cardiology research and practice, vol. 2010, article id 541781, 7 pages, 2010. doi:10.4061/2010/541781
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