NOUN
- cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart
How To Use mitral valve prolapse In A Sentence
- All patients with signs or symptoms of mitral valve prolapse should have an initial echocardiograph.
- Mitral valve prolapse occurs when varying portions of one or both leaflets of the mitral valve extend or protrude abnormally above the mitral annulus into the left atrium.
- Causes of chronic mitral regurgitation include infective endocarditis, degenerative valvular disease (mitral valve prolapse) and rheumatic fever.
- Deficiencies have been linked to various heart conditions, including angina, congestive heart disease and mitral valve prolapse.
- She had been diagnosed with a mostly benign condition called mitral valve prolapse -- a problem I believe is over diagnosed and over treated -- and "needed" antibiotics every time she went to the dentist. Mark Hyman, MD: Is Hidden Fungus Making You Ill?
- Yet mitral valve prolapse has been associated with complications such as cerebral embolic events, infective endocarditis, severe mitral regurgitation requiring mitral valve surgery and even sudden death.
- Other medical conditions commonly associated with anxiety include mitral valve prolapse, carcinoid syndrome and pheochromocytoma.
- Twenty percent of the population has a condition called mitral valve prolapse. CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008
- Sometimes people with mitral valve prolapse have symptoms, or feelings, that go along with this condition.
- According to a 2001 report in the Medical Journal of Australia, a woman with a heart condition called mitral valve prolapse died after ingesting most of a 55 milliliter guarana and ginseng energy drink. Can a Caffeine-Packed Plant Give a Boost?
