Key result
Among 56 patients with mitral valve prolapse, musculoskeletal abnormalities including pectus excavatum, straight back, and kyphoscoliosis were identified as key nonauscultatory features.
Why the study?
Are musculoskeletal abnormalities associated with mitral valve prolapse?
Observational (n=56)
Are musculoskeletal abnormalities associated with mitral valve prolapse?
Musculoskeletal abnormalities are nonauscultatory features of MVP, suggesting that patients with such deformities should be screened for MVP.
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Musculoskeletal abnormalities were associated with mitral valve prolapse in this case series; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Fifty-six patients were diagnosed to have mitral valve prolapse (MVP) syndrome by auscultatory criteria, confirmed by cross-sectional echocardiography. Complete physical examination and x-ray of the bony thorax revealed bony deformities which were subdivided into four main groups according to the predominant deformity. Shallow chest with pectus excavatum, straight back, kyphoscoliosis and elliptical chest in marfanoid patients were reported in the cases studied. It is concluded that musculoskeletal abnormalities have to be considered as nonauscultatory features of MVP. Therefore, any patient with musculoskeletal deformity has to be screened for MVP by cross-sectional echocardiography to prevent life-threatening complications.
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Nouh et al. (1996) conducted an observational in Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) syndrome (n=56). Among 56 patients with mitral valve prolapse, musculoskeletal abnormalities including pectus excavatum, straight back, and kyphoscoliosis were identified as key nonauscultatory features.
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