Panik Öyküsüz Agorafobide Mitral Vaiv Prolapsusu Prevalansı
Şeref Özer, Sinan Üner, Erdoğan Özmen, Nazmi Gültekin, Hüsnü Erkmen
Article No:
6
Article Type :
Research
In this article, prevalence of MVP was investigated in 16 males and 24 female patients (total 40) with Agoraphobia without history of Panic disorder, by M-mode and two dimensional echocardiography. Results are compared 57 healty control subjects (26 males and 31 females). 18 (6 males and 12 females) out of 40 patients with Agoraphobia without history of Panic disorder were diagnosed as MVP (45%). Only, 10 (one male an 9 females) out of 57 healty controls were diagnosed as MVP(17.54%) Prevalence of MVP was higher significantly in Agoraphobia without history of Panic disorder than healty controls
Keywords :
Agoraphobia, echocardiography, mitral valve prolapse.
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
1993;6:35-38
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