title: Mitral valve prolapse syndrome and its association with anxiety and panic States.
abstract: Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome is one of the most frequent cardiac valvular abnormalities in general population. Mostly the patients remain asymptomatic but a few may suffer from hyperadrenergic panic states, similar to anxiety attacks. In psychiatric practice, a number of physicians have come across this finding during the recent past. Present article deals with two such case illustrations.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Post-graduate Armed Farces Medical College, Department of Psychiatry, Pune.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: John