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- Title
Prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse in young athletes.
- Authors
Hepner, Absalom D.; Morrell, Holly; Greaves, Seaneen; Greaves, Jeff; Movahed, Mohammad Reza
- Abstract
Background: The prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse has been reported to be between 0.6 and 21%. The goal of our study was to evaluate its prevalence in young athletes who underwent hand-held echocardiography as a screening mostly in southern California. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 1742 echocardiograms that were performed as a part of a cardiac screening of teenage athletes. The total prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse was calculated and stratified based on gender. Results: We screened a total of 1172 male and 570 female high school athletes. The echocardiographic prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse was 0.9%. The prevalence was similar in both genders, at 1.2% in male and 0.7% in female athletes. Conclusion: The prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse in young athletes mostly in southern California was found to be less than 1%, and was similar in both genders.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; MITRAL valve; DISEASE prevalence; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HIGH school athletes; GENDER
- Publication
Cardiology in the Young, 2008, Vol 18, Issue 4, p402
- ISSN
1047-9511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S104795110800245X