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ATHLETE'S COLLAPSE LINKED TO HEART
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A heart defect aggravated by the July heat appears responsible for
the death of 16-year-old Ryan Owens, a lineman on the Henderson
County High School football team who collapsed and died shortly after
an early season practice.
Owens, who died after a morning practice July 19, suffered from
mitral valve prolapse, a pre-existing condition which led to sudden
cardiac arrhythmia.
Henderson County Coroner Bobbie Cantley presented the findings at
a Friday news conference held to announ...
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Mitral Valve Prolapse: Implications for the Primary Care Physician.
American Family Physician
; A 72-year-old man presented with acute pulmonary edema after having had fever and constitutional symptoms for one week. He was found to have severe mitral regurgitation associated with a ruptured mitral chord and infective endocarditis. The patient required medical treatment and subsequent mitral
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What You Should Know About Mitral Valve Prolapse.
American Family Physician
; What is the mitral valve? The mitral valve controls the flow of blood between two chambers, or rooms, of your heart, called the left atrium and the left ventricle. Normally, blood flows only from the atrium to the ventricle. When the heart relaxes in between beats, the two flaps of the mitral valve
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Relatively common heart disorder shouldn't prompt a lot of worry, doctors say.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ When MaryAnn Kailing's heart started to race uncontrollably, she was convinced that death was imminent. She bounced from doctor to doctor for several years, searching for a diagnosis for her collection of unexplainable symptoms _ a rapid heartbeat, chest pain, anxiety and
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Murmurs of the Heart.(mitral valve prolapse)
Discover
; When is a cardiac patient's abnormality perfectly normal after all? MRS. LOPEZ, BARELY 30 AND clearly in good physical condition, would not be put off. The pain starts here, she said, pointing to the left of her breastbone, where it shoots down my left hand and spreads like fire up my neck. I can't
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Heart Problem Behind Marathoner's Death Is Rarely Lethal.
U.S. News & World Report
; Byline: Avery Comarow Mitral valve prolapse, the heart condition that felled 35-year-old Chad Schieber during the October 7 Chicago Marathon, generally isn't deadly. And it's fairly common--2 to 3 percent of the population has the condition, in which one or both flaps of the valve between the
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Current Management of Mitral Valve Prolapse.
American Family Physician
; Mitral valve prolapse is a pathologic anatomic and physiologic abnormality of the mitral valve apparatus affecting mitral leaflet motion. Mitral valve prolapse syndrome is a term often used to describe a constellation of mitral valve prolapse and associated symptoms or other physical abnormalities
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SYMPTOMS OF MVP SYNDROME
Chicago Sun-Times
; Fatigue and weakness. Sometimes confused with depression. Many mitral valve prolapse (MVP) syndrome patients tire easily - minimal exertion, exercise and light housework can result in exhaustion. Irregular heart beat. Sometimes these heart palpitations are associated with breathlessness and an urge
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Mitral valve prolapse is a common condition
Chicago Sun-Times
; Q. My son has mitral valve prolapse and I worry when he wants to do exercises, because I have heard of sudden death occurring from this problem. His doctors tell him that everything is fine and his heart functions properly. I am writing for your view of this condition. A. The mitral valve regulates
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The dangers of magnesium deficiency in endurance athletes.
Original Internist
; The weekend of October 6-7, 2007, was one of the biggest marathon weekends of the year. Marathon Guide, an online everything-you-want-to-know-about-marathons site listed 23 marathons on their calendar for that weekend and estimated that one of every six people who would complete in a marathon in
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Mitral valve prolapse commonly innocuous
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
; DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 43 and in good health - at least, I thought I was. I went for my first physical exam, and the doctor spent a great deal of time listening to my heart with his stethoscope. He told me I have a heart murmur and that I probably have mitral valve prolapse. I am scheduled to have
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