[Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy findings in idiopathic mitral valve prolapse: comparison with clinical findings]. 1986

Y Yokota, and T Kumaki, and T Miki, and S Fukuzaki
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine.

Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsies were performed in nine patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), and the histological features were compared with the clinical findings. All of them had atypical anterior chest pain and/or dangerous ventricular arrhythmias, but the grade of MVP was mild. Five patients had non-specific ST-T changes on resting 12 leads ECG, four had ischemic ST depression on treadmill exercise ECG, and five had dangerous arrhythmias on 24 hour Holter monitoring ECG. Resting echocardiography showed normal left ventricular function in all, but exercise echocardiography revealed reduced increment of % fractional shortening (delta % FS) in five patients. Right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy findings disclosed endocardial thickening and interstitial myocardial fibrosis in eight patients, myocardial hypertrophy in two, myocardial degeneration in five, and myocardial disarray in five, although these changes were mild. These results suggest that in patients with MVP, there is a subgroup with endomyocardial abnormalities, and these might have some relations to the variety of clinical findings in MVP.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008945 Mitral Valve Prolapse 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. Floppy Mitral Valve,Mitral Click-Murmur Syndrome,Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome,Click-Murmur Syndrome,Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome,Prolapsed Mitral Valve,Click Murmur Syndrome,Click-Murmur Syndrome, Mitral,Click-Murmur Syndrome, Systolic,Click-Murmur Syndromes,Floppy Mitral Valves,Mitral Click Murmur Syndrome,Mitral Valve Prolapses,Mitral Valve, Floppy,Mitral Valve, Prolapsed,Mitral Valves, Floppy,Mitral Valves, Prolapsed,Prolapse, Mitral Valve,Prolapsed Mitral Valves,Prolapses, Mitral Valve,Syndrome, Click-Murmur,Syndrome, Mitral Click-Murmur,Syndrome, Systolic Click-Murmur,Syndromes, Click-Murmur,Systolic Click Murmur Syndrome,Valve Prolapse, Mitral,Valve Prolapses, Mitral,Valve, Prolapsed Mitral,Valves, Prolapsed Mitral
D008991 Monitoring, Physiologic The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D009206 Myocardium The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to generate blood flow. Muscle, Cardiac,Muscle, Heart,Cardiac Muscle,Myocardia,Cardiac Muscles,Heart Muscle,Heart Muscles,Muscles, Cardiac,Muscles, Heart
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005080 Exercise Test Controlled physical activity which is performed in order to allow assessment of physiological functions, particularly cardiovascular and pulmonary, but also aerobic capacity. Maximal (most intense) exercise is usually required but submaximal exercise is also used. Arm Ergometry Test,Bicycle Ergometry Test,Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing,Exercise Testing,Step Test,Stress Test,Treadmill Test,Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test,EuroFit Tests,Eurofit Test Battery,European Fitness Testing Battery,Fitness Testing,Physical Fitness Testing,Arm Ergometry Tests,Bicycle Ergometry Tests,Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests,Ergometry Test, Arm,Ergometry Test, Bicycle,Ergometry Tests, Arm,Ergometry Tests, Bicycle,EuroFit Test,Eurofit Test Batteries,Exercise Test, Cardiopulmonary,Exercise Testing, Cardiopulmonary,Exercise Tests,Exercise Tests, Cardiopulmonary,Fitness Testing, Physical,Fitness Testings,Step Tests,Stress Tests,Test Battery, Eurofit,Test, Arm Ergometry,Test, Bicycle Ergometry,Test, Cardiopulmonary Exercise,Test, EuroFit,Test, Exercise,Test, Step,Test, Stress,Test, Treadmill,Testing, Cardiopulmonary Exercise,Testing, Exercise,Testing, Fitness,Testing, Physical Fitness,Tests, Arm Ergometry,Tests, Bicycle Ergometry,Tests, Cardiopulmonary Exercise,Tests, EuroFit,Tests, Exercise,Tests, Step,Tests, Stress,Tests, Treadmill,Treadmill Tests
D005260 Female Females
D006352 Heart Ventricles The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right

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