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Mitral Valve Prolapse

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Definition: Abnormal protrusion or billowing of one or both of the leaflets of MITRAL VALVE into the LEFT ATRIUM during SYSTOLE. This allows the backflow of blood into left atrium leading to MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTOLIC MURMURS; or CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA.      Other names Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome; Mitral Click-Murmur Syndrome; Floppy Mitral Valve; Prolapses, Mitral Valve; Prolapse, Mitral Valve; Mitral Valves, Floppy; Mitral Valve, Floppy; Mitral Valve Prolapses; Mitral Click Murmur Syndrome; Floppy Mitral Valves; Click-Murmur Syndrome, Systolic; Click-Murmur Syndrome, Mitral; Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome; Valve Prolapses, Mitral; Valve Prolapse, Mitral; Systolic Click Murmur Syndrome; Syndrome, Systolic Click-Murmur; Syndrome, Mitral Click-Murmur
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Cantalamessa Baldini Ambrosi syndrome  0   *Growth Disorders *Hypogonadism *Intellectual Disability *Mitral Valve Prolapse.
Mitral valve prolapse, familial, X-linked  0   *Mitral Valve Prolapse *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
Borrone Di Rocco Crovato syndrome  0   *Bone Diseases *Joint Diseases *Mitral Valve Prolapse *Skin Diseases.
MASS syndrome  0   *Myopia *Mitral Valve Prolapse *Skin Diseases.
Cardiac valvular dysplasia, X-linked  0   *Heart Defects, Congenital *Mitral Valve Prolapse *Myxoma *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.

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