management
Last reviewed 01/2018
The main features of the management of mitral valve prolapse include:
- symptomatic treatment:
- mild symptoms may respond to reassurance alone
- beta blockade may produce improvement in patients with chest pain and/or palpitations
- prophylaxis for endocarditis should be given if the patient has a murmur
- antiplatelet therapy is often used as prophylaxis against thromboembolism
- if a patient with mitral valve prolapse has had a ventricular tachyarrhythmia then treatment should be guided by invasive electrophysiological testing