title: Clinical and angio- and echocardiographic findings in 45 children with mitral valve prolapse syndrome.
abstract: 45 patients with an age of 3--15.5 yr are reported. Only 9 of them showed symptoms (palpitations, dyspnea, fatigue). The murmur was often uncharacteristic, only 42% had a click. ECG changes could be found in 60%. The associated cardiac lesions and the angiographic findings are represented. Correlating to an angiocardiographically LVOTO we found in 13 patients (28.9%) the echocardiographic signs of an ASH with a septum/LV posterior wall quotient of 1.45 +/- 0.15. We conclude, that myocardial disease is one pathogenetic factor in the MVPS.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006347:Heart Sounds; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology