How to Diagnosis MVP!

The echocardiogram is the gold standard diagnostic tool for determining if a person has mitral valve prolapse (MVP). In a Framington heart study it was determined by Freed et al that the echocardiogram criteria for MVP included classic and non-classic MVP.

Classic MVP: The parasternal long axis view show > 2mm superior displacement of the mitral leaflets into the left atrium during systole, with a leaflet thickness of at least 5mm.

Non-classic MVP: Displacement is > 2mm, with a maximal leaflet thickness of < 5mm.

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References

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/cardiology/mitral-valve-disease/

http://ehjcimaging.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/4/307

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/155494-workup#showall

Freed LA, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, et al. Mitral valve prolapse in the general population: the benign                     nature of echocardiographic features in the Framingham Heart Study. J Am Coll Cardiol.                     2002 Oct 2. 40(7):1298-304.

http://myheart.net/articles/mitral-valve-prolapse-part-5-from-fiasco-to-sensibility-how-common-is-it/