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.