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- Title
Familial mitral valve prolapse and myotonic dystrophy.
- Authors
Winters, S J; Schreiner, B; Griggs, R C; Rowley, P; Nanda, N C
- Abstract
When a patient with mitral valve prolapse was found to have myotonic dystrophy, his family was studied to ascertain the occurrence of these abnormalities. Of 25 relatives screened, 8 had evidence of both myotonic dystrophy and mitral valve prolapse and 2 had evidence of myotonic dystrophy alone. Thirteen patients had evidence of neither condition and 1 had mitral valve prolapse alone. The association of these two conditions within a family has not previously been observed and valvular heart disease has not been recognized in myotonic dystrophy. This association should be looked for in other patients.
- Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 1976, Vol 85, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-85-1-19