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Mitral Valve Prolapse, What Causes This? - Dr. Aklog (VIDEO)

By Dr. Lishan Aklog Expert February 11, 2009 - 10:35am
 
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Dr. Aklog describes the causes of mitral valve prolapse/MVP.

More Videos from Dr. Lishan Aklog 33 videos in this series

Dr. Aklog:

We don’t really know what causes mitral valve prolapse. There’s no specific cause that’s been identified. It just appears that some group of patients just have a tendency to develop this abnormality and develop these heart sounds that can predict the development ultimately in some small fraction of patients of an abnormal function.

There’s probably something within the tissue of the valve that’s slightly abnormal that causes it, but that has yet to be identified.

About Dr. Aklog, M.D.:
Dr. Lishan Aklog is the current Director and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at The Heart and Lung Institute of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona and Director of EmpowHer's Medical Advisory Board. Specializing in adult cardiac care, he graduated from Harvard College followed by Harvard Medical School. Dr. Aklog was a cardiothoracic resident at Brigham and Women’s/Boston Children’s Hospital, an Associate Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and completed international fellowships in London, England and Paris, France.

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http://www.empowher.com/users/dr-lishan-aklog

Visit Dr. Aklog at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

 
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