MVP is not life-threatening in most of the cases and may not require treatment. Severity of symptoms may however mandate intervention in some cases. Medications or surgery may be required. Reduces the ...

The exact cause of mitral valve prolapse is not always clear, but it is believed to involve a combination of genetic factors and abnormalities in the structure of the mitral valve. According to the ...

The sudden passing of Eleanor Carol Barr, the 39-year-old wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, is putting the spotlight on mitral valve prolapse, or floppy valve syndrome, listed as the cause of ...

DOES MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE INEVITABLY LEAD TO SURGERY? I have been told that I have mitral valve prolapse, but I've never had any treatment for it. Will I eventually need surgery? Also, because of the ...

Dear Doctors: I am 66 years old and an avid cyclist. Last winter, after we went for a long ride, I suddenly felt lightheaded and then fainted. My doctor ordered a series of heart scans that found ...

Some heart patients haven't yet been able to access the growing trend toward minimally invasive procedures. A new clinical trial, though, makes a form of mitral valve repair an option without an ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most-common valvular heart disease in the western world. From an etiologic point of view, MR can be either organic (mainly degenerative in western countries) or ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition that is supposed to occur frequently in the presence of panic disorder. Since it is a heart condition, patients told they have this condition have one more thing ...

I have always believed that there are at least 2 mechanisms involved in the production of secondary mitral valve regurgitation. The standard view is that dilation of the left ventricle causes dilation ...

Dear Doctors: I am 66 years old and an avid cyclist. Last winter, after we went for a long ride, I suddenly felt lightheaded and then fainted. My doctor ordered a series of heart scans that found ...