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  • Prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse in young athletes

  • Absalom D. Hepner, Holly Morrell, Seaneen Greaves, Jeff Greaves, Mohammad Reza Movahed
  • Journal:
    Cardiology in the Young / Volume 18 / Issue 4 / August 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 August 2008, pp. 402-404
  • Background

    The prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse has been reported to be between 0.6 and 21%. The goal of our study was to evaluate its prevalence in young athletes who underwent hand-held echocardiography as a screening mostly in southern California.

    Methods

    We retrospectively analyzed 1742 echocardiograms that were performed as a part of a cardiac screening of teenage athletes. The total prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse was calculated and stratified based on gender.

    Results

    We screened a total of 1172 male and 570 female high school athletes. The echocardiographic prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse was 0.9%. The prevalence was similar in both genders, at 1.2% in male and 0.7% in female athletes.

    Conclusion

    The prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse in young athletes mostly in southern California was found to be less than 1%, and was similar in both genders.