Symptoms of mitral valve prolapse are often benign and should be managed conservatively, while cardiovascular complications require aggressive treatment.
May guide conservative MVP symptom care; leaves open need for prospective trials on complication management.
Mitral valve prolapse is a common, multisystem syndrome for which the myxomatous mitral valve provides an anatomic hallmark. Symptoms are often unrelated to the valvular abnormality and rarely hazardous and should generally be handled conservatively. In contrast, cardiovascular complications are not rare and should be anticipated and treated aggressively.
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