The myxomatous mitral valve. A risk factor for ischemic stroke in young patients?
3 out of 24 patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), mean age 25.7 +/- 3.1 displayed markedly thickened redundant and shaggy mitral leaflets in the two-dimensional echocardiogram. The anterior leaflet appeared in the parasternal long axis plane club-shaped in diastole. These three female patients had a history of ischemic stroke, which could be verified by CT-scanning. Suggestion is made that MVP and thickening of the valve is correlated with a higher risk for cerebral infarction.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000209:etiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D012306:Risk; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed