PREVALENCE OF MITRAL-VALVE PROLAPSE IN PRESUMABLY HEALTHY-YOUNG MEN
PREVALENCE OF MITRAL-VALVE PROLAPSE IN PRESUMABLY HEALTHY-YOUNG MEN
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.59.4.619
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
LESSER, LE
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作者:
DARSEE, JR;MIKOLICH, JR;LESSER, LE
The prevalance of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in presumably healthy young men was determined by studying 107 male physicians and medical students with cardiac auscultation in the supine, sitting and standing positions. Echocardiograms were performed at rest in the supine position before and after amyl nitrite inhalation and were obtained in 101 subjects. Of the 101 subjects, 11 had abnormal findings on auscultation: 4 had an isolated click and 7 had a click and late systolic murmur. Correlation of the independent auscultatory and echocardiographic data in the 101 subjects showed that all 7 subjects with a click and a murmur had echocardiographic evidence of prolapse. None of the 90 subjects with normal auscultation or the 4 with an isolated click had an abnormal echocardiogram. All 7 subjects with MVP had thoracic skeletal abnormalities, but only 1 was symptomatic. The prevalence of MVP in healthy young males in similar to the reported 6-10% prevalence in healthy young females.