Mitral Valve Prolapse - Ultrasonography
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis: to use or not to use?

30 Jul 2009 The American Heart Association (AHA) published their revised guidelines in 2007 in which they markedly limited the recommendations for the use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for the prevention of infective endocarditis (IE), except for patients who ... Read more...

Echocardiographic assessment of 537 dogs with mitral valve prolapse and leaflet involvement.

29 Jun 2009 In this work we investigated which mitral valve leaflet was most often involved in mitral valve prolapse with degenerative mitral valve disease and whether there was an association with breed, age, gender, or weight. Five hundred and thirty-seven ... Read more...

Multiplanar reconstruction of three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography improves the presurgical assessment of mitral prolapse.

21 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the value and accuracy of multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) of three-dimensional (3D) transthoracic echocardiographic data sets in assessing mitral valve pathology in patients with surgical mitral ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mitral Valve Prolapse - Ultrasonography'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis: to use or not to use? 30 Jul 2009
• Functional tricuspid regurgitation: a perplexing problem. 30 Jul 2009
• eComment: Should triangular resection be an adequate approach for prolapsing posterior leaflet in all types of degenerative mitral valve disease? 30 Jul 2009
• Echocardiographic assessment of 537 dogs with mitral valve prolapse and leaflet involvement. 29 Jun 2009
• Multiplanar reconstruction of three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography improves the presurgical assessment of mitral prolapse. 21 Jun 2009
• Different determinants of residual tricuspid regurgitation after tricuspid annuloplasty: comparison of atrial septal defect and mitral valve prolapse. 20 May 2009
• Echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve morphology and performance after triangular resection of the prolapsing posterior leaflet for degenerative myxomatous disease. 2 May 2009
• Recovery of left ventricular function after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation caused by leaflet prolapse. 29 Apr 2009
• Systolic anterior motion as a result of relative "undersizing" of a mitral valve annulus in a patient with Barlow's disease. 30 Mar 2009
• A new approach to the treatment of mitral valve prolapse using the MitroFast valvular stenting device. 27 Feb 2009
• [Periannular leak after mitral annuloplasty - two case reports] 27 Feb 2009
• Anterior leaflet on the leash: unusual cause of congenital severe mitral regurgitation. 24 Feb 2009
• Surgical repair of long-standing mitral valve prolapse: a case report and brief review of the literature. 30 Jan 2009
• Three-dimensional echocardiography. New possibilities in mitral valve assessment. 30 Jan 2009
• Intracardiac calipers for artificial chordae replacement in mitral valve repair. 30 Dec 2008
• A simple method of prevention for systolic anterior motion in mitral valve repair by loop technique method. 30 Dec 2008
• Mitral regurgitation due to myxomatous degeneration combined with bicuspid aortic valve disease is often due to prolapse of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. 30 Dec 2008
• Clinical problem-solving. Taken out of context. 2 Dec 2008
• Sex differences in morphology and outcomes of mitral valve prolapse. 30 Nov 2008
• Summaries for patients. Differences in mitral valve prolapse between men and women. 30 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Mitral Valve Prolapse'

Definition: Abnormal protrusion or billowing of one or both of the leaflets of MITRAL VALVE into the LEFT ATRIUM during SYSTOLE. This allows the backflow of blood into left atrium leading to MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTOLIC MURMURS; or CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA.

Descriptor UI: D008945

Alternative terms: Mitral Valve Prolapse; Mitral Valve Prolapses; Prolapse, Mitral Valve; Prolapses, Mitral Valve; Valve Prolapse, Mitral; Valve Prolapses, Mitral; Mitral Click-Murmur Syndrome; Click-Murmur Syndrome, Mitral; Mitral Click Murmur Syndrome; Syndrome, Mitral Click-Murmur; Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome; Floppy Mitral Valve; Floppy Mitral Valves; Mitral Valve, Floppy; Mitral Valves, Floppy; Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome; Click-Murmur Syndrome, Systolic; Syndrome, Systolic Click-Murmur; Systolic Click Murmur Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.280.484.400.500;

History Note: 79