Clinical Perspectives on Mitral Valve Prolapse

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Point-Counterpoint| October 01 1981 Clinical Perspectives on Mitral Valve Prolapse JOHN D. MURPHY; JOHN D. MURPHY Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar DONALD C. FYLER DONALD C. FYLER Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pediatr Rev (1981) 3 (4): 106–107. https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.3.4.106 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation JOHN D. MURPHY, DONALD C. FYLER; Clinical Perspectives on Mitral Valve Prolapse. Pediatr Rev October 1981; 3 (4): 106–107. https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.3.4.106 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All PublicationsAll JournalsPediatrics In ReviewPediatricsHospital PediatricsNeoReviewsAAP Grand RoundsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search The devastation caused by the current epidemic of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) was emphasized recently when an irate psychiatrist asked why cardiologists were "terrorizing the populace." He had spent a tedious afternoon with two patients with MVP who were reacting poorly to the news that they might drop dead. The psychiatrist's problems were forgotten until a recent article resurrected the fact that 17% of the US population (37.7 million people) may have MVP and are also, presumably, at risk for sudden death.1 A swirl of thoughts around the costs of echocardiograms, fees for cardiac consultation, investments in echocardiography companies, and the need to train more psychiatrists fluttered by in a panorama of "Big Bucks" regional MVP centers and an act of Congress to establish a National Institute of Prolapse. Topics: mitral valve prolapse This content is only available via PDF. Copyright © 1981 by the American Academy of Pediatrics1981 You do not currently have access to this content.