title: Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Familial Clustering of Mitral Valve Prolapse in the Community".
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MADepartment of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Francesca N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Delling
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MASection of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study Framingham, MASections of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Martin G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA.
authors.forename: Birgitta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lehman
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osypiuk
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA.
authors.forename: Plamen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stantchev
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Slaugenhaupt
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MASections of Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Emelia J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: Boston University and National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute's, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MASections of Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Ramachandran S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Vasan
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D012111:Residence Characteristics