Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:991-992
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Prevalence of mitral valve prolapse in bipolar affective disorder
AJ Giannini, WA Price and RH Loiselle
Of 32 patients with unipolar or bipolar affective disorder, significantly
more bipolar patients had mitral valve prolapse. The prevalence of mitral
valve prolapse among bipolar patients was also significantly greater than
that in the general population.