Prevalence of Clinical Mitral-Valve Prolapse in 1169 Young Women
- 13 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 294 (20) , 1086-1088
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197605132942004
Abstract
Eleven hundred and sixty-nine young women were prospectively examined for the presence of mitral-valve prolapse as manifested by midsystolic non-ejection click or late systolic murmur (or both). Of the 1169 women 74 (6.3 per cent) had physical findings consistent with mitralvalve prolapse. Sixty-eight of the 74 (92 per cent) had midsystolic non-ejection click, and in 57 the click was accompanied by a late systolic murmur. In six (8 per cent) only a late systolic murmur was heard. Echocardiography on all patients with clinical diagnosis of mitral-valve prolapse showed patterns of prolapse in 60 of 74 (81 per cent). Fourteen (19 per cent) had negative echocardiograms. We conclude that mitral-valve prolapse is clinically present in approximately 6.3 per cent of otherwise healthy young women. (N Engl J Med 294:1086–1088, 1976)This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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