ROCHESTER, Minn. - Disturbing evidence of higher mortality and lower surgery rates in women versus men with mitral valve prolapse and severe leakage may be related to the complexity of evaluating the ...

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when portion(s) of one or both of the mitral valve leaflets or the tissue filaments (”chordae”) that hold these leaflets in place become floppy and allow these leaflet ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: I had an echocardiogram that showed mitral valve prolapse with a small amount of leakage. I also had a stress test that rated me above average athletic level. I run five times a week ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), cardiomyopathy (CM), and conduction disturbances have been associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), This X-linked disorder characteristically manifests symptoms ...

Although heart disease still represents the leading cause of death worldwide, genomic studies have increasingly helped scientists zero in on a number of likely causes. For example, mitral valve ...

Q 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 slight mitral ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...