Mitral valve prolapse and anxiety disorders

We investigated whether there is an association between anxiety disorders and mitral valve prolapse. We compared mitral valve prolapse prevalence in individuals with panic disorder (n=41), social anxiety disorder (n=89) and in healthy controls (n=102) in an attempt to overcome the biases of previous studies. Our results show no associations between panic disorder or social anxiety disorder and mitral valve prolapse, regardless of the diagnostic criteria employed, and that the relationship between these conditions seems not to be clinically relevant.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq, Brazil)

Fundacao de Apoio ao Ensino (FAEPA)

Pesquisa e Assistencia do Hospital des Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicine de Ribeirao Preto da Universidade de Sao Paulo (FAEPA, Brazil)