To clarify the role of color Doppler echocardiography in the evaluation of mitral valve
prolapse, we studied 49 consecutive patients in whom the sites of mitral valve prolapse were …

Colour flow mapping was used to examine the pattern of regurgitant flow in 46 patients with
mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse. Valve morphology was assessed from the …

Although mitral valve prolapse is easily identified with echocardiography, the angiographic
diagnosis has been poorly understood. To determine relative specificity and sensitivity of …

To observe the stereoscopic structure and the motion of the prolapsing mitral valve and its
regurgitant jet in comparison with the normal mitral valve, four-dimensional (or dynamic …

In order to define baseline descriptive criteria for the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse with
cross-sectional echocardiography, 49 patients undergoing catheterization were examined …

To assess inter-and intraobserver variation in the echocardiographic diagnosis of mitral
valve prolapse, three independent observers analyzed M-mode echocardiograms (n= 80) …

To assess the clinical significance of the echocardiographic degree of mitral valve prolapse,
we prospectively evaluated with Doppler echocardiography 246 consecutive patients …

Pulsed Doppler echocardiography was used to determine prospectively the prevalence of
mitral, aortic, tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation in 80 consecutive patients with mitral …

In order to determine the precision with which currently used echocardiographic criteria can
be applied for the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse, three independent observers (A, B, and …

The present editorial, besides providing a historical review, offers a succinct definition and a
new classification and terminology. It is hoped that this or a similar classification would …