TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of echocardiographically determined mitral leaflet motion for diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse in 17- and 18-year-old men
AU - Kriwisky, Michael
AU - Froom, Paul
AU - Gross, Moshe
AU - Ribak, Joseph
AU - Lewis, Basil S.
PY - 1987/5/1
Y1 - 1987/5/1
N2 - Mitral leaflet motion during systole was studied by echocardiography in 102 healthy young men. Mean posterior maximal leaflet motion was 2 ± 1 mm behind the CD line on 2-dimensionally (2-D) directed M-mode examination. On the apical 4-chamber cross-sectional view a mean area of 0.34 ± 0.24 mm2 was contained by the mitral leaflets above the plane of the mitral anulus. Elevated values on the M-mode view (≥4 mm) compared with the 2-D 4-chamber view (≥0.70 mm2) were discordant, with 90% (18 of 20) of the elevated values found in 1 view only. Thus, there is a wide spectrum of mitral leaflet motion in asymptomatic young men. The value of the echocardiogram in diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse is questionable because any cutoff point between normal and abnormal is arbitrary and the degree of motion has not been shown to correlate with morbidity or mortality.
AB - Mitral leaflet motion during systole was studied by echocardiography in 102 healthy young men. Mean posterior maximal leaflet motion was 2 ± 1 mm behind the CD line on 2-dimensionally (2-D) directed M-mode examination. On the apical 4-chamber cross-sectional view a mean area of 0.34 ± 0.24 mm2 was contained by the mitral leaflets above the plane of the mitral anulus. Elevated values on the M-mode view (≥4 mm) compared with the 2-D 4-chamber view (≥0.70 mm2) were discordant, with 90% (18 of 20) of the elevated values found in 1 view only. Thus, there is a wide spectrum of mitral leaflet motion in asymptomatic young men. The value of the echocardiogram in diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse is questionable because any cutoff point between normal and abnormal is arbitrary and the degree of motion has not been shown to correlate with morbidity or mortality.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90864-2
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90864-2
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AN - SCOPUS:0023260760
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 59
SP - 1149
EP - 1151
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 12
ER -