Cardiology · Cardiology / Valvular heart disease
Mitral valve prolapse
also: Barlow syndrome; click-murmur syndrome; floppy mitral valve
Systolic displacement of mitral leaflets into the left atrium.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Valvular heart disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, more common; Children: yes, adolescents
- Gene(s) involved
- DCHS1, DZIP1, FLNA, LMCD1, PLD1, TNS1
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Barlow syndrome; click-murmur syndrome; floppy mitral valve
Etiology & mechanism
Myxomatous degeneration of the leaflets and chordae; familial forms.
Gene(s) involved (6)
Symptoms & signs (8)
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