Mitral Valve Prolapse in Patients with Panic Attacks in Korea.
10.3349/ymj.1987.28.4.310
- Author:
Sung Kil MIN
1
;
Ho Young LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Panic attack;
mitral valve prolapse;
Koreans
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Fear*;
Female;
Human;
Korea;
Male;
Middle Age;
Mitral Valve Prolapse/epidemiology*;
Mitral Valve Prolapse/psychology;
Panic*;
Recurrence
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1987;28(4):310-312
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Of 86 Korean patients with recurrent spontaneous panic attacks, not one had definite mitral valve prolapse (MVP). With a very low prevalence of MVP in the general Korean population, this finding suggests that MVP may not be specifically associated with panic attack.
