A FAMILY STUDY OF ANTERIOR MITRAL LEAFLET THICKNESS AND MITRAL-VALVE PROLAPSE

Authors
ZUPPIROLI A ROMAN MJ OGRADY M DEVEREUX RB
Citation
A. Zuppiroli et al., A FAMILY STUDY OF ANTERIOR MITRAL LEAFLET THICKNESS AND MITRAL-VALVE PROLAPSE, The American journal of cardiology, 82(6), 1998, pp. 823
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
82
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)82:6<823:AFSOAM>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
To determine whether mitral valve prolapse (MVP) with or without mitra l leaflet thickening (greater than or equal to 5 mm) represents distin ct heritable conditions, 13 patients with MVP with leaflet thickening and their relatives were compared with 67 patients with MVP with norma l leaflets and their relatives. The 2 groups of relatives had similar mitral leaflet thicknesses and similar longterm outcome, arguing again st the existence of a distinctive subtype of MVP characterized by incr eased mitral leaflet thickness.