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Frequency of Mitral Valve Prolapse in Apparently Healthy Children in Alexandria Governorate

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Abstract

Background: Mitral valve prolapse is common with a reported prevalence ranging from 2–3%, Mitral valve prolapse and its possible complications is not yet studied in Egyptian children.
Aim of the work: To study the frequency of mitral valve, prolapse in apparently healthy children aging between 3 to 15 years old. 
Patients and Methods:A cross sectional study, the study sample contained 150 apparently healthy child selected by non-systemic random sample, 78 males (52.0%) and 72 females (48.0%), with age ranged from 3-15 years old, the mean age was 2.36 years, living at Alexandria governorate and fulfilling the inclusion criteria coming for outpatient office visits for well child care at sporting students' hospital, Alexandria, through the period from March 2018 through April 2019.
Results: The frequency of mitral valve prolapse in children in Alexandria governorate was found in 18 cases (12.0%), 17 cases of them (11.4%) had mitral regurge [MR]. MVP was more frequent among females (63.6%) than males (36.4%) but the difference did not reach statistically significant difference (p>0.05). echocardiographic examination reflects the mild nature of the disease.
Conclusion: Mitral valve prolapse reported in 12% of apparently healthy children, which reflects the magnitude of the problem. Female children were more affected. This indicates the importance of screening healthy children to early diagnose the condition and permit early treatment.  

DOI

10.21608/ijma.2020.24557.1106

Keywords

Echocardiography, Mitral, prolapse, Regurgitation, prevalence

Authors

First Name

Nada

Last Name

Mohamed Diab

MiddleName

Alaa

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Sporting student hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.

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nadadiab844@gmail.com

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First Name

Lotfy

Last Name

El-Seheimy

MiddleName

Abdel-Fattah

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Email

dr_lutfy@yahoo.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Aly

Last Name

Abd Elmohsen

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

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alyelmohsen@hotmail.com

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2

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2

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13522

Issue Date

2020-04-01

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2020-02-24

Publish Date

2020-04-01

Page Start

462

Page End

468

Print ISSN

2636-4174

Online ISSN

2682-3780

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IJMA_Volume 2_Issue 2_Pages 462-468.pdf

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International Journal of Medical Arts

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Frequency of Mitral Valve Prolapse in Apparently Healthy Children in Alexandria Governorate

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22 Jan 2023