Excepting aortic sclerosis, mitral valve prolapse is the most common cardiac valvular abnormality in Britain.
Prevalence in men is 2 to 12%; in women, 4 to 17%. With age, there is a reduction in the prevalence in women but in men, it remains unchanged.
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