Jul 22, 2003 01:25 PM
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And My Heart skipped a beat, we all say this so often . Whenever we want to exaggerate anything.The Mitral valve is located between the upper left chamber and lower left chamber of the heart, the mitral valve is made of two flaps of tissue that normally open and close in a rhythmic way to allow blood to flow in one direction--from the atrium (upper chamber) to the ventricle (lower chamber). The left ventricle is responsible for much of the heart's pumping and propels oxygen-rich blood into the arteries. The arteries then carry the blood throughout the body. When the mitral valve doesn't open and close properly, the flaps may ''billow'' backward slightly into the upper chamber during the heart's contraction (fig. B). This is called mitral valve prolapse (MVP).As a result of MVP, a clicking sound can often be heard by the doctor listening to the heart sounds with a stethoscope. In MVP, sometimes-small amounts of blood may leak backward into the upper chamber of the heart because the valve does not close normally. This causes a ''heart murmur, '' although the heart itself is working normally. The heart has an adequate blood supply, even with the MVP. The above text is ctrl c + Ctrl v from https://mvprolapse.com/mvp.html . And it’s the same explanation my cardiologist gave me too.What causes MVP ? *