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Original Investigation Özgün Araşt›rma

Classic and non-classic forms of mitral valve prolapse
Mitral kapak prolapsının klasik ve klasik olmayan formları

Georgios I. Tagarakis, IoannisKarantzis1, Fani Tsolaki, Georgios E. Stylianakis1,
Marios E. Daskalopoulos, Nikolaos B. Tsilimingas
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Thessaly, Larissa1Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Kozani, Kozani city-Greece

ABSTRACT
Objective: To investigate the significance of the established distinction between classic and non-classic forms ofmitral valve prolapsed (MVP).
Methods: We included in this prospective study all patients examined in our preventive cardiology outpatient clinics during the biannual period
October 2004-October2006. We examined in total 10.818 patients, 238 of whom (2.2%) were diagnosed for MVP We noted relevant demograph.
ic and clinical data (gender, age of diagnosis, symptoms, need for hospitalization) andperformed statistical comparisons between patients with
the classic and those with the non-classic form. Follow-up controls were performed three years afterwards.
Results: Patients with theclassic form had an earlier age of first diagnosis, more prominent symptoms, and more frequently diagnosis for other
disorders (atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, Marfan syndrome,Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) than the rest of the patients; however,
there were no significant differences as far as certain major complications (stroke, death, submission to surgery) were concerned.
Conclusion:The classic form of mitral valve prolapse is more tightly associated with morbid complications, and a more frequent follow-up
control in this group of patients may be useful. (Anadolu Kardiyol Derg2012; 12: 2-4)
Key words: Mitral valve prolapse, prognosis, treatment, follow-up

ÖZET
Amaç: Klasik ve klasik olmayan mitral kapak prolaps (MVP) formları arasındaki belirlenen farkın önemini...