Differentiation of anxious patients by two-dimensional echocardiographic evaluation of the mitral valve.
Forty-four anxious patients with a history of panic attacks had a significantly higher prevalence of mitral valve abnormalities than 20 patients with generalized anxiety only. The higher number of mitral valve abnormalities was not correlated with the frequency of panic attacks.
D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010200:Panic