title: Mitral valve prolapse and social phobia.
abstract: Of 30 Saudi patients with social phobia, eight had echocardiogram evidence of mitral valve prolapse. Only two out of 30 controls had echocardiogram evidence of mitral valve prolapse. The clinical and research implications of this finding are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaleby
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ziady
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012934:Social Isolation