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=Non-infective conditions= | =Non-infective conditions= | ||
==Mitral valve prolapse== | |||
*Abbreviated ''MVP''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*May cause [[sudden cardiac death]].<ref name=pmid21133272>{{Cite journal | last1 = Franchitto | first1 = N. | last2 = Bounes | first2 = V. | last3 = Telmon | first3 = N. | last4 = Rougé | first4 = D. | title = Mitral valve prolapse and out-of-hospital sudden death: a case report and literature review. | journal = Med Sci Law | volume = 50 | issue = 3 | pages = 164-7 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi = | PMID = 21133272 }}</ref> | |||
*Location: posterior leaflet pathology more common than anterior leaflet pathology.<ref name=pmid3049284/> | |||
Clinical: | |||
*Systolic murmur. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
Features - any of the following:<ref name=pmid3049284>{{Cite journal | last1 = Virmani | first1 = R. | last2 = Atkinson | first2 = JB. | last3 = Forman | first3 = MB. | title = The pathology of mitral valve prolapse. | journal = Herz | volume = 13 | issue = 4 | pages = 215-26 | month = Aug | year = 1988 | doi = | PMID = 3049284 }}</ref> | |||
# "Intrachordal hooding" = ballooning/bulging of leaflet between chordal attachments. | |||
# Doming body of the leftlet into the left atrium. | |||
#* Extreme concavity when seen from the left ventricle. | |||
# Elongated leaflets/large valve area. | |||
# Dilated valve annulus. | |||
*Thickening of valve. | |||
==Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis== | ==Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis== | ||
*Abbreviated ''NBTE''. | *Abbreviated ''NBTE''. | ||