CLINICAL-FEATURES OF SUBJECTS WITH MITRAL-VALVE PROLAPSE - A STUDY WITH 24-HOUR AMBULATORY BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITORING

Authors
CASSONE R MORONI C PARLAPIANO C BONDANINI F AFFRICANO C
Citation
R. Cassone et al., CLINICAL-FEATURES OF SUBJECTS WITH MITRAL-VALVE PROLAPSE - A STUDY WITH 24-HOUR AMBULATORY BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITORING, Cardiology, 87(5), 1996, pp. 374-378
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00086312
Volume
87
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
374 - 378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-6312(1996)87:5<374:COSWMP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The present case-control study provides evidence that the correlation between mitral valve prolapse and the clinical observation of low bloo d pressure persists throughout a 24-hour period as documented by ambul atory blood pressure monitoring. Moreover, the blood pressure circadia n rhythm, even though preserved, seems to follow a different course ov er the 24-hour period in subjects with mitral valve prolapse.