Epidemiology and pathophysiology of mitral valve prolapse: new insights into disease progression, genetics, and molecular basis

  • Circulation. 2014 May 27;129(21):2158-70. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.006702.
Francesca N Delling  1 ,  Ramachandran S Vasan  2
Affiliations
  • 1. From the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA (F.N.D., R.S.V.); Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (F.N.D.); and Cardiology Section, and Preventive Medicine Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (R.S.V.). [email protected].
  • 2. From the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA (F.N.D., R.S.V.); Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (F.N.D.); and Cardiology Section, and Preventive Medicine Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (R.S.V.).
PMID: 24867995 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.006702
Keywords
mitral valve; mitral valve insufficiency; mitral valve prolapse.