Yonsei Med J.  1987 Dec;28(4):310-312. 10.3349/ymj.1987.28.4.310.

Mitral Valve Prolapse in Patients with Panic Attacks in Korea

• Min SK
• Lee HY

• KMID: 1095747
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1987.28.4.310

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.

Keyword

Panic attack; mitral valve prolapse; Koreans

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Adult
Fear*
Female
Human
Korea
Male
Middle Age
Mitral Valve Prolapse/epidemiology*
Mitral Valve Prolapse/psychology
Panic*
Recurrence