"Mitral Valve Prolapse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008945
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.484.400.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Mitral Valve Prolapse- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Prolapses
- Prolapse, Mitral Valve
- Prolapses, Mitral Valve
- Valve Prolapse, Mitral
- Valve Prolapses, Mitral
- Floppy Mitral Valve
- Floppy Mitral Valves
- Mitral Valve, Floppy
- Mitral Valves, Floppy
- Mitral Click-Murmur Syndrome
- Click-Murmur Syndrome, Mitral
- Mitral Click Murmur Syndrome
- Syndrome, Mitral Click-Murmur
- Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome
- Click-Murmur Syndrome, Systolic
- Syndrome, Systolic Click-Murmur
- Systolic Click Murmur Syndrome
- Prolapsed Mitral Valve
- Mitral Valve, Prolapsed
- Mitral Valves, Prolapsed
- Prolapsed Mitral Valves
- Valve, Prolapsed Mitral
- Valves, Prolapsed Mitral
- Click-Murmur Syndrome
- Click Murmur Syndrome
- Click-Murmur Syndromes
- Syndrome, Click-Murmur
- Syndromes, Click-Murmur
- Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome
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Mitral valve prolapse and sudden cardiac arrest in the community. Heart Rhythm. 2016 Feb; 13(2):498-503.