Evidence Hub

Hipermobilidade articular em pacientes com prolapso da valva mitral

Simone Cavenaghi, Laís Helena Carvalho Marino, Patrícia Pantaleão Oliveira, Neuseli Marino Lamari

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2009

7 citations

Abstract

Studies on hypermobility have aroused great interest in the last decades, as they are associated to musculoskeletal disorders, as well as abnormalities in several organic systems, such as the mitral valve prolapse. Therefore, in this study, data on the association between joint hypermobility and the mitral valve prolapse were investigated and reviewed. Studies in the literature have shown that genetic alterations in the collagen composition seem to be the main cause of this association.

Read the paper

Related studies

Go deeper in Evidence Hub

Evidence Hub adds a study data sheet (design, sample size, evidence level, key numbers), an AI summary and a chat grounded in the paper's text.

Open this study Sign up free