title: Is mitral valve prolapse a congenital or acquired disease?
abstract: The prevalence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) at birth was studied in 1,734 consecutive newborns without congenital structural heart disease. We have not identified any case of an unequivocal pattern of MVP using auscultatory and echocardiographic diagnostic criteria. Our data argue for the concept that MVP is an acquired disease.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Cardiologia Pedíatrica, Servico de Cardiologia, Centro Hospitalar do Funchal, Portugal.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dinis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mendonça
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D005260:Female; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013599:Systole