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MeSH Heading: Mitral Valve Prolapse
Tree Number(s): C14.280.484.400.500
Unique ID: D008945
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008945
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Click-Murmur Syndrome; Floppy Mitral Valve; Mitral Click-Murmur Syndrome; Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome; Prolapsed Mitral Valve; Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome
NLM Classification #: WG 262
Previous Indexing: Heart Valve Diseases (1967-1978); Mitral Valve (1966-1978); Mitral Valve Insufficiency (1966-1978); Prolapse (1977-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/12/06
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

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Mitral Valve Prolapse MeSH Descriptor Data 2023