Clinical features of subjects with mitral valve prolapse: a study with 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
The present case-control study provides evidence that the correlation between mitral valve prolapse and the clinical observation of low blood pressure persists throughout a 24-hour period as documented by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Moreover, the blood pressure circadian rhythm, even though preserved, seems to follow a different course over the 24-hour period in subjects with mitral valve prolapse.
Insegnamento di Medicina Interna, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italia.
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D000328:Adult; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000503:physiopathology*