Risk Factors

Risk factors for mitral valve prolapse include:

  • Family history of mitral valve prolapse
  • Female gender
  • Age 14 to 30
  • Scoliosis
  • Thin chest diameter
  • Low body weight
  • Low blood pressure
  • Chest wall deformities
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Graves’ disease
  • Some types of muscular dystrophy

Contact

Cardiac Surgery
Division of the CardioVascular Institute
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Lowry Medical Office Building, 2A
110 Francis Street
Boston , MA  02215
617.632.8383

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