MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE

Course overview

MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE (MVP), ALSO KNOWN AS FLOPPY MITRAL VALVE SYNDROME, SYSTOLIC CLICK-MURMUR SYNDROME, AND BILLOWING MITRAL LEAFLETS, IS VALVULAR HEART DISEASE. IT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A BENIGN CONDITION; HOWEVER, AT TIMES, IT MAY PRESENT WITH SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, ENDOCARDITIS, OR CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT. MVP IS USUALLY IDENTIFIED DURING CARDIAC AUSCULTATION. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY CONFIRMS THE DIAGNOSIS. THIS DISORDER IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF NON-ISCHEMIC MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.