Prevalence of mitral valve prolapse in healthy Saudi women

Clinical Spectrum of Skeletal Abnormalties and Mitral Valve Prolapse and Their Clinical Implications

“…The prevalence of echocardiographic features and/or auscultatory signs of mitral valve prolapse has been high among the supposedly healthy populations among Western societies, [1][2][3] as well as among the Saudi population. 4,5 The high prevalence confirms the statement, "For every symptomatic patient with MVP, there are hundreds of asymptomatic persons." 6 Hunt and Sloman reported a high prevalence of MVP among females in early adulthood and concluded that this disorder has a familial tendency.…”

The prevalence of mitral valve prolapse in patients undergoing echocardiography for clinical reason

“…Previous studies have reported the prevalence of MVP as high as 20% [3,9]. Many of these studies were limited by their sample size or by their demographic groups [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. The largest study to date of the prevalence of MVP in the general population involved 3491 subjects enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study [20].…”

“…To date, the studies reporting prevalence of MVP have been limited by either exclusively evaluating one gender, a narrow range of age groups, or specific ethnicities [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. In the past, some studies recruited patients from hospitals while others advertised for volunteers [8,9,18].…”

Prevalence of Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Mitral Valve Prolapse in a Healthy Saudi Population and the Clinical Implications of their Association

“…16 In Saudi Arabia, Nouh and Al-Harthi reported the prevalence rate to be 7% to 10% among the healthy Saudi population. 17,18 There seems to be a real association between mitral valve prolapse and bicuspid aortic valve. Considering the increased awareness of mitral valve prolapse and bicuspid aortic valve in the general population, this association should be expected on more than a random basis.…”