title: The prevalence of anxiety disorders among patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome and chest pain.
abstract: Nineteen patients from a cardiology practice with complaints of chest pain and with mitral valve prolapse syndrome were compared with 26 patients with chest pain but no discernible cardiac disorder. Instruments included a truncated form of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule, the symptom checklist 90 revised (SCL-90-R), the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and life events, physical activity, and family history questionnaires. Neither panic disorder nor self-rated anxiety were more common in the mitral valve prolapse group. This study failed to confirm the reported high association between mitral valve prolapse syndrome and panic disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Arcy
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Orchard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012803:Sick Role