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  • Title: Biopsy evidence of left ventricular myocardial abnormality in patients with mitral-leaflet prolapse and chest pain.
    Author: Malcolm AD, Canković-Darracott S, Chayen J, Jenkins BS, Webb-Peploe MM.
    Journal: Lancet; 1979 May 19; 1(8125):1052-5. PubMed ID: 86776.
    Abstract:
    Left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy specimens were obtained at cardiac catheterisation in 11 patients with mitral-leaflet prolapse, chest pain, and normal coronary arteries. Specimens were examined for birefringence before and after contraction induced by adenosine triphosphate and were also subjected to histochemical analysis. Biopsy specimens from a control group of patients with rigorously defined normal left ventricular function and another control group with poor left ventricular function were also studied. Biopsy specimens from patients with mitral-leaflet prolapse showed a markedly subnormal birefringence response to adenosine triphosphate, with the group mean value intermediate between values for controls with normal and poor left ventricular function. Histochemical studies in the prolapse group also revealed an abnormal pattern, particularly for monoamine-oxidase activity. This is further evidence of a cardiomyopathy in this symptomatic subgroup of patients with mitral-leaflet prolapse.
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