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What are the prevalence and clinical characteristics of mitral valve prolapse in military young adults in Taiwan?
What are the prevalence and clinical characteristics of mitral valve prolapse in military young adults in Taiwan?
The prevalence and clinical features of MVP in Taiwanese military young adults are consistent with Western populations, though they exhibit a specific echocardiographic phenotype requiring further investigation.
Aligns MVP features in young Asian military adults with Western data; specific phenotype leaves prognostic implications open.
) (24.89 ± 3.70 vs. 23.91 ± 3.45, p = 0.02) and higher prevalence of somatic symptoms related to exercise (11.0% vs. 4.9%, p = 0.02) and systolic click in auscultation (18.3% vs. 0.6%, p < 0.01). In addition, participants with MVP had greater left ventricular mass (gm) and smaller right ventricular wall thickness (mm) and dimensions (mm) indexed by BSA than those without MVP (149.12 ± 35.76 vs. 155.38 ± 36.26; 4.66 ± 0.63 vs. 4.40 ± 0.68; 26.57 ± 3.99 vs. 25.41 ± 4.35, respectively, all p-values < 0.01). In conclusion, the prevalence and clinical features of MVP in military young adults in Taiwan were in line with those in Western countries. Whether the novel MVP phenotype found in this study has any pathological meaning needs further investigation.
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