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Nouh MS, Al-Nozha MM, Taha A, et al. Prevalence of bicuspid aortic valve and mitral valve prolapse in a healthy Saudi population and the clinical implications of their association. Ann Saudi Med. 1996;16(4):417-9doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.417.
Nouh, M. S., Al-Nozha, M. M., Taha, A., Al-Shamiri, M., Arafah, M. R., Akhter, J. M., Allam, A. R., & Yamany, H. A. (1996). Prevalence of bicuspid aortic valve and mitral valve prolapse in a healthy Saudi population and the clinical implications of their association. Annals of Saudi medicine, 16(4), 417-9. https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.1996.417
Nouh, M S, et al. "Prevalence of bicuspid aortic valve and mitral valve prolapse in a healthy Saudi population and the clinical implications of their association." Annals of Saudi medicine vol. 16,4 (1996): 417-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.1996.417
Nouh MS, Al-Nozha MM, Taha A, Al-Shamiri M, Arafah MR, Akhter JM, Allam AR, Yamany HA. Prevalence of bicuspid aortic valve and mitral valve prolapse in a healthy Saudi population and the clinical implications of their association. Ann Saudi Med. 1996 Jul;16(4):417-9. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.417. PMID: 17372490.
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Ann Saudi Med. 1996 Jul;16(4):417-9. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.417.

Prevalence of bicuspid aortic valve and mitral valve prolapse in a healthy Saudi population and the clinical implications of their association.

Annals of Saudi medicine

M S Nouh, M M Al-Nozha, A Taha, M Al-Shamiri, M R Arafah, J M Akhter, A R Allam, H A Yamany

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, King Khalid University Hospital and Medical College, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 17372490 DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.417

Abstract

In this study, 103 Saudi males and 172 Saudi females were referred for medical check-up for employment purposes and/or as undergraduate students. Clinical evaluation of all participants included full cardiovascular examination, with the following investigations being performed: ECG, chest x-ray, and cross-sectional echocardiography. Bicuspid aortic valve was detected in three males and in four females, for a total percentage of 2.5%. Isolated mitral valve prolapse was detected in seven males (6.7%) and six females (3.5%). Association with mitral valve prolapse was reported in five males and seven females, with a total percentage of 4.3%. This association seems to have important etiological, medical and surgical implications.

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