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Echocardiographic evaluation of propranolol therapy for mitral valve prolapse
Abstract
This study evaluates the effect of propranolol on the echocardiogram of 8 patients with late systolic mitral valve prolapse. Echocardiograms were performed with the patients on no medication and again while on oral propranolol therapy. Propranolol caused a statistically significant increase in left ventricular volume; however, neither the echocardiographic pattern nor the timing of mitral valve prolapse was altered by propranolol. These findings suggest that factors in addition to left ventricular volume play a role in regulating valvular dysfunction in this condition.
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↵1 This work was supported in part by NIH grants.