Diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse on echocardiography is done by examing the parasternal long-axis view. If the valve leaflets pass the plane of the annulus, then prolapse is present.

Dr. Kathryn Gayle with Willis Knighton Health Advanced Cardiac Imaging talks about how the field is continuing to advance to provide better patient care. "We're also using a new technology called ...

He said, “It (this new study) indicates that the incidence of sudden cardiac death in patients with mitral valve prolapse is significant at 14 in 1000 per year.” ...

Including cardiac CT in the initial stroke imaging protocol detects more high-risk cardioaortic embolic sources than the current practice of performing later echo, a new study shows.