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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 Information

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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