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Mitral Valve Prolapse: Criteria of Prognostic Evaluation in Athletes

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Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is said to exist when a leaflet(s) or its portion protrudes abnormally above the annular plane. In the large majority of cases no definite causes of this abnormality can be identified (primary or idiopathic MVP), but in a minority of persons MVP is due to an identifiable etiology (secondary prolapse) such as rheumatic fever, ischemia or infarction, cardiomyopathies and connective tissue disorders [1,2].

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Zeppilli, P., Caretta, F. (1997). Mitral Valve Prolapse: Criteria of Prognostic Evaluation in Athletes. In: Pelliccia, A., Caselli, G., Bellotti, P. (eds) Advances in Sports Cardiology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2298-0_13

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