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Does treatment for panic disorder improve mitral valve prolapse on echocardiogram in patients with panic disorder and mitral valve prolapse?
Does treatment for panic disorder improve mitral valve prolapse on echocardiogram in patients with panic disorder and mitral valve prolapse?
Treatment of panic disorder may lead to echocardiographic improvement of mitral valve prolapse in affected patients.
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May associate panic disorder treatment with mitral valve prolapse improvement on echo; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Twenty panic disorder patients with mitral valve prolapse showed amelioration of prolapse on repeat echocardiogram after treatment for panic disorder. This effect was significant when compared to repeat echocardiograms in eight psychiatrically normal control subjects with mitral valve prolapse.
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