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| | Mitral valve prolapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mitral valve prolapse can be treated with surgical replacement of the mitral valve. | | | Severe mitral valve prolapse is associated with arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation that may progress and lead to sudden death. | | | Between 11 and 15 percent of patients experience moderate chest pain and shortness of breath. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is the most common condition of the heart valves. | | | In a small number of MVP patients with chest pain or abnormal heart rhythms, medicine may be used. | | | In closing, mitral valve prolapse is a condtion that should be monitored by your doctor, but it should not prevent you from having a full and active life. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Echocardiographic assessment of mitral stenosis and its associated valvular lesions in 205 patients and lack of association with mitral valve prolapse. | | | Finally, if the patient with mitral valve prolapse has significant chest pain, palpitation, changes in consciousness, dysrhythmias, or require medication, it is thought that he/she probably should not be allowed to dive. | | | There are thousands of divers with mitral valve prolapse who don't even know they have the condition -- and to be fair, most don't really have a problem. |
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| | Mitral valve prolapse |
| | Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a disorder that affects one of your heart's valves — the mitral valve. | | | Women who develop MVP are often thin and have curvature of the spine (scoliosis) or minor skeletal abnormalities of the chest wall. | | | Your doctor is most likely to detect MVP during a routine examination of your heart using a stethoscope. |
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| | U-M CVC - Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | A recent and carefully done study suggests that mitral valve prolapse is not as common as previously reported and probably occurs in 2-3% of the population (Freed, 1999). | | | There are rare cases of sudden cardiac death attributed to mitral valve prolapse but most of these patients had severe leakage of the mitral valve as well. | | | Some people with mitral valve prolapse experience chest pain and/or palpitations but these sensations rarely represent a serious problem. |
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| | Valvular disease |
| | Mitral valve prolapse is a common cardiac condition and is thought to affect 10-20% of the general population. | | | As mentioned earlier, valves help direct the flow of blood in one direction through the heart. | | | This atypical chest pain may be sharp or dull, lasting from a few seconds to several hours. |
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| | Mitral valve prolapse |
| | Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a ballooning of the support structures of the mitral heart valve into the left upper collection chamber of the heart. | | | Family physicians, internists, cardiologists, and nurse practitioners can treat MVP. | | | "Mitral Valve Prolapse." American Journal of Nursing (May 1997): 40-41. |
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| | Heart Info - Mitral Valve Prolapse: A Patient Guide |
| | MVP is a condition of the mitral valve, a two-flapped heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle. | | | Although most MVP patients do very well with the treatments and preventive measures outlined above, there is sometimes need for heart surgery to either repair or replace the mitral valve. | | | Because of this, patients should inform their doctor or dentist that they have MVP, and be given antibiotic prophylaxis (preventive treatment) before the procedure. |
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| | Adult Health Advisor 2005.2: Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Often mitral valve prolapse is discovered during a routine physical exam, when your health care provider listens to your heart with a stethoscope. | | | You should speak to your physician or make an appointment to be seen if you have questions or concerns about this information or your medical condition. | | | When your heart muscle contracts, stretched valve leaflets create a "click" sound that your health care provider can hear. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Mitral valve prolapse can be present from birth or develop at any age. | | | It may seem that mitral valve prolapse is becoming more common but actually it has probably always been around and was simply less well recognized. | | | No one knew quite how common, and unnoticed, mitral valve prolapse was until 1976 when researchers examined 100 presumably healthy young students at a woman's school. |
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| | MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE |
| | In this condition, the cords and muscles that hold the valve in place are longer than normal. | | | A few have irregular heartbeat or chest pain that can be treated with medication. | | | Rarely, the leakage is severe enough to cause more significant heart problems, and medications or surgery will be necessary. |
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| | Berger: Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Kinney and Packa suggest that medical treatment include propranolol for chest pain and dysrhythmias, medical therapies for dyspnea and palpitations, barbiturates for hypervagal patients, as well as psychotherapy for patients with panic attacks (19). | | | Biological tissue valves negate the need for anti-coagulant medication but are less durable and more likely to be rejected by the immune system. | | | Results indicated that all subjects continued to have MVP after hydration, however, subtle changes upon auscultation were reported (post-treatment). |
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| | Understanding Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome Page |
| | When MVP is a consequence of other conditions, it is known as secondary mitral valve prolapse. | | | The chest pain associated with MVP presents itself in many ways. | | | Some physicians believed the problem was not the heart, but one of a psychiatric nature. |
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| | Postgraduate Medicine: Patient Notes: Mitral valve prolapse |
| | Other symptoms that are common in patients with mitral valve prolapse are irregular heartbeat, chest pain, and light-headedness. | | | Does mitral valve prolapse have to be treated? | | | As the heart beats, blood is pumped from the atrium to the ventricle and then to the rest of the body. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse: Can Diet Changes Help? |
| | There are many conditions such as breast cancer, heart attacks and osteoporosis that are even more common than mitral valve prolapse, but that doesn't mean that any of these conditions are normal, let alone desirable. | | | Researchers in Romania found that magnesium therapy should be applied consistently and for long periods of time to control latent tetany (severe muscle cramps) and to prevent MVP. | | | Conditions linked to MVP include magnesium deficiencies, increased catecholamine productions, anxiety, depression, migraines, allergies and asthma. |
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| | eMedicine - Mitral Valve Prolapse : Article by Poothirikovil Venugopalan, MBBS, MD, FRCP (Glasg.), FRCPCH |
| | Mitral regurgitation (MR) occurs in some patients with MVP, particularly with more significant prolapse when the valve edges fail to coapt. | | | Multiple views of the mitral valve annulus are essential, and the echo-Doppler findings have to be correlated with clinical data. | | | Squatting, however, may also be associated with an increase in peripheral vascular resistance, which in turn increases the tension on the mitral valve apparatus, directing blood flow preferentially into the left atrium, rather than to the peripheral circulation. |
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| | What is Mitral Valve Prolapse? |
| | Mitral valve prolapse is the most common cardiac problem and may affect five to twenty percent of the population. | | | MVP tends to run in families, so those with blood relatives with MVP have a greater chance of also having the condition. | | | The condition is most common in women, although men are also affected. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | If your valve gets worse you may feel tired, dizzy, or faint; get headaches; have trouble breathing; or experience chest pain or an irregular heartbeat. | | | You may need surgery if the problems with the valve pose a real danger. | | | WHAT YOU SHOULD DO If you are prescribed medicine for this condition, be sure to take it as directed. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Mitral valve prolapse |
| | When symptomatic, it is controllable with medications and may be improved with surgery. | | | Mitral valve prolapse and associated regurgitation may show on: | | | This condition itself may not be preventable, but some complications are. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | The chest pain may be due to stretching of the chordi tendoni (“heart strings”) which anchor the mitral valve to the interior wall of the heart. | | | Eighty-five percent of these patients required valve surgery. | | | Beside frequent reassurances, graduated exercise out of doors is an excellent method of physiological dissipation of the excess catecholamines. |
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http://www.ucheepines.org/mitral_valve_prolapse.htm
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | When serious, mitral valve prolapse may progress to mitral regurgitation, where the incompetent valve can no longer keep blood from leaking backwards into the wrong chamber of the heart. | | | Consult your doctor, practitioner, and/or pharmacist for any health problem and before using any supplements or before making any changes in prescribed medications. | | | Refer to the individual supplement for information about any side effects or interactions. |
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http://www.gianteagle.com/healthnotes/Concern/Mitral_Valve_Prolapse.htm
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse or MVP Syndrome |
| | We encourage MVPS patients and their families to attend. | | | "Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome is a book full of practical, self-care strategies that work, as well as guidance for getting effective medical help. | | | A People with MVP have no more incidence of heart attack than the normal population. |
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| | Mitral Valve and Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | In addition, medicine may be used in a small number of MVP patients with chest pain angina pectoris or abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). | | | Does mitral valve prolapse need to be treated? | | | Most people with mitral valve prolapse don't have symptoms, won't have problems and won't need treatment. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | I think that is "the standard of care", but the clients I had didn't even do it for all dental work. | | | She's okay now, thank goodness, but we all used to get prepared to have to get her to push on her eyeballs or massage her carotid [GRIN] or get her to Valsalva. | | | So think of it for any arrhythmia incl tachy, any panic attacks, any chest pain, and any hyperventilation. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Mitral Valve Prolapse: Benign Syndrome? |
| | Sharon Anderson explores Mitral Valve Prolapse, a syndrome that has puzzled many for decades, and sheds light on a disease that affects so many and is addressed too little. | | | Natural Therapies for Mitral Valve Prolapse by Ronald L. Hoffman | | | Buy this book with Natural Therapies for Mitral Valve Prolapse by Ronald L. Hoffman today! |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | MVPS - Sure, it can make you miserable. | | | Lack of evidence of an association between mitral-valve prolapse and stroke in young patients | | | I have not only MVP, but MVPS with all the symptoms. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | Physicians may choose to monitor a patient with mitral valve prolapse to make sure their condition is not worsening. | | | In some rare cases, however, mitral valve prolapse is associated with more serious cardiac problems, including mitral valve regurgitation (when blood flows the wrong way), an infection of the heart valves and heart rhythm abnormalities. | | | During mitral valve prolapse, these leaflets overlap or may not close all the way, allowing blood to seep backward. |
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| | Valve Disease: Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | MVP is very common, affecting about three to five percent of the population. | | | Your doctor will want to monitor the progress of your valve disease with regular appointments. | | | These symptoms may cause you to worry, but they are not dangerous or life threatening, and, may not require treatment at all. |
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http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/valve/mitralvalveprolapse.htm
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Mitral valve prolapse is a condition affecting one of the four major heart valves. | | | For most people, mitral valve prolapse is a harmless condition. | | | For a very few, chest pain, shortness of breath and abnormal heart rhythms may occur, most of which are still benign. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse Education and Support |
| | I found out in 1995 that I might have Mitral Valve Prolapse and this led me to further investigation of this disease. | | | I would like to share what I have learned about MVP. | | | Groups for learning, sharing and support with others who have MVP. |
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| | HeartPoint: Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common condition, occurring in up to 20% of the population. | | | Stretching of the connective tissue of which the valve is made of allows the valve to stretch or bow slightly into the left atrium (the medical term for this is "prolapse"). | | | The "mitral valve" is a structure in the heart which is between the upper chamber on the left side of the heart (the "left atrium") and the lower chamber on the left (the "left ventricle"). |
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| | MedlinePlus: Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | ClinicalTrials.gov: Mitral Valve Prolapse (National Institutes of Health) | | | Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute) | | | Mitral Valve Regurgitation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse -- Overview |
| | Your mitral valve is one of four valves that regulate blood flow in your heart. | | | Mitral valve prolapse has also been called floppy valve syndrome, Barlow's syndrome, and click-murmur syndrome. | | | Normally the mitral valve closes after blood flows through it. |
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| | Mitral valve prolapse definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Angina - Learn about the causes of chest pain and your heart health | | | Mitral valve prolapse is often an asymptomatic condition but it may be marked by mitral regurgitation with symptoms (as chest pain, fatigue, dizziness, dyspnea, or palpitations) with a tendency in some cases to endocarditis or ventricular tachycardia. | | | Mitral valve prolapse definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | Learn how to control the chest pains, palpitations, fatigue, anxiety and panic attacks associated with MVPS. | | | By yourself--without prescribed medications--learn how to decrease and even abolish your symptoms. | | | Learn how to start a support group to help yourself and to help others. |
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| | Mitral valve prolapse |
| | The majority of individuals with this condition do not have symptoms. | | | When a valve fails to close properly, as is the case in a common disorder called mitral valve prolapse, there is a regurgitation or backflow of blood. | | | A number of tests are available to detect mitral valve prolapse and determine the need for further treatment. |
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| | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| | There is also the condition known as MVPS, its the | | | My name is Colleen and I was diagnosed with MVP at the age of 31. | | | Understanding MVP and MVPS - A must read for everyone!!! |
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