From irritable heart to mitral valve prolapse: World War I--the U.S. experience and the prevalence of apical systolic murmurs and mitral regurgitation in drafted men compared with present day mitral valve prolapse studies

Am J Cardiol. 1988 Apr 15;61(11):895-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(88)90366-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Heart Auscultation*
  • Heart Murmurs*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Military Personnel*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / epidemiology
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse* / epidemiology
  • Neurocirculatory Asthenia*
  • United States
  • Warfare