title: Mitral valve prolapse: a cause of stroke in children?
abstract: For a large proportion of children suffering a stroke, no specific cause can be found. Two cases with infantile hemiplegia are reported who subsequently were found to have mitral valve prolapse, which occurred as a familial trait in both cases. An association between stroke in childhood and mitral valve prolapse is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics