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Abstract
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.
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- Click-Murmur Syndrome
- Floppy Mitral Valve
- Mitral Click-Murmur Syndrome
- Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome
- Prolapsed Mitral Valve
- Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome
- Click Murmur Syndrome
- Click-Murmur Syndrome, Mitral
- Click-Murmur Syndrome, Systolic
- Click-Murmur Syndromes
- Floppy Mitral Valves
- Mitral Click Murmur Syndrome
- Mitral Valve Prolapses
- Mitral Valve, Floppy
- Mitral Valve, Prolapsed
- Mitral Valves, Floppy
- Mitral Valves, Prolapsed
- Prolapse, Mitral Valve
- Prolapsed Mitral Valves
- Prolapses, Mitral Valve
- Syndrome, Click-Murmur
- Syndrome, Mitral Click-Murmur
- Syndrome, Systolic Click-Murmur
- Syndromes, Click-Murmur
- Systolic Click Murmur Syndrome
- Valve Prolapse, Mitral
- Valve Prolapses, Mitral
- Valve, Prolapsed Mitral
- Valves, Prolapsed Mitral
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Previous Indexing
- Heart Valve Diseases (1967-1978)
- Mitral Valve (1966-1978)
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency (1966-1978)
- Prolapse (1977-1978)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Mitral Valve Prolapse. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008945. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008945
- Mitral Valve Prolapse. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_valve_prolapse
- Mitral Valve Prolapse. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735652