| Abstrakt: |
Clinical and necropsy findings in described in 56 patients with mitral valve prolapse: 15 patients, aged 16 to 69 years (mean 39), died suddenly and mitral valve prolapse was the only cardiac condition round at necropsy (hereafter called isolated mitral valve prolapse); the remaining 41 patients had other conditions that were capable of being fatal. Of the latter 41 patients, 7, aged 17 to 59 year (mean 45), had associated congenital heart disease, and 34 patients, aged 17 to 70 years (mean 51), had no associated congenital cardiac abnormalities. |
