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3812188

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the prevalence of mitral valve prolapse in ballet dancers by echocardiography and to establish which anthropometric measurements best predict the presence of mitral valve prolapse, we compared 44 professional dancers (22 men and 22 women) with 52 controls (24 men and 28 women). Forty-eight percent (21 of 44) of dancers had echocardiographic mitral valve prolapse compared with 10% (5 of 52) of controls (p less than 0.01). The dancers weighed less than the controls and had significantly smaller bony diameters and body circumferences. However, only ponderal index was predictive of mitral valve prolapse in both dancers and controls. Thus, echocardiographic mitral valve prolapse is associated with low body weight relative to height and neither to ballet dancing nor to a distinct body habitus. Echocardiographic mitral valve prolapse may represent a normal variant in the majority of asymptomatic, thin subjects without auscultatory findings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
341-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-2-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Echocardiographic mitral valve prolapse in ballet dancers: a function of leanness.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article