title: [Arrhythmias in patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome. An echo- and electrocardiographic study - (author's transl)].
abstract: The echocardiograms and electrocardiograms of 76 patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome (MVP) were examined and compared with those of 20 normal subjects. 30 patients had a late systolic, 32 a holosystolic MVP, 14 patients had a mixed motion pattern of the MVP. Eighty percent of them had arrhythmias, which were detected in 44% only by 24-hours ECG, in 32% by 24-hours ECG and exercise ECG and in 4% only by exercise ECG. 16% of the patients had only atrial premature contractions (APC), 22% only ventricular premature contractions (VPC), 39% had both ventricular and atrial premature contractions. Multifocal VPC'S WERE MORE COMMON IN PATIENTS WITH LATE SYSTOLIC MVP, salvos of VPC however were detected in 3 patients with holosystolic and in one patient with late systolic MVP. Only less severe arrhythmias, in general isolated, univorm VPCs were found in 40% of the normal subjects.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Arrhythmien beim Mitralklappenprolapssyndrom. Eine echo- und elektrokardiographische Studie.