title: Mitral valve prolapse and anxiety disorders.
abstract: We investigated whether there is an association between anxiety disorders and mitral valve prolapse. We compared mitral valve prolapse prevalence in individuals with panic disorder (n = 41), social anxiety disorder (n = 89) and in healthy controls (n = 102) in an attempt to overcome the biases of previous studies. Our results show no associations between panic disorder or social anxiety disorder and mitral valve prolapse, regardless of the diagnostic criteria employed, and that the relationship between these conditions seems not to be clinically relevant.
authors: Hospital das Clínicas - Terceiro Andar; Av. Bandeirantes, 3900; RibeirãoPreto -São Paulo, CEP - 14049-900, Brazil.
authors: Alaor S
authors: AS
authors: Filho
authors: Benedito C
authors: BC
authors: Maciel
authors: Minna M D
authors: MM
authors: Romano
authors: Thiago F
authors: TF
authors: Lascala
authors: Clarissa
authors: C
authors: Trzesniak
authors: Maria C
authors: MC
authors: Freitas-Ferrari
authors: Antonio E
authors: AE
authors: Nardi
authors: Rocío
authors: R
authors: Martín-Santos
authors: Antonio W
authors: AW
authors: Zuardi
authors: José A S
authors: JA
authors: Crippa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult