Difference between revisions of "Heart valves"

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 =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==
 *Abbreviated ''NBTE''.