A systolic click may be heard if there is associated mitral valve prolapse.
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The handgrip maneuver also diminishes the duration of the murmur and delays the timing of the mid-systolic click.
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Patients with mitral valve prolapse may have a holosystolic murmur or often a mid-to-late systolic click and a late systolic murmur.
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In contrast to most other heart murmurs, the murmur of mitral valve prolapse is accentuated by standing and valsalva maneuver ( earlier systolic click and longer murmur ) and diminished with squatting ( later systolic click and shorter murmur ).
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In contrast to most other heart murmurs, the murmur of mitral valve prolapse is accentuated by standing and valsalva maneuver ( earlier systolic click and longer murmur ) and diminished with squatting ( later systolic click and shorter murmur ).
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A MVP murmur can be distinguished from a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy murmur by the presence of a mid-systolic click which is virtually diagnostic of MVP . The handgrip maneuver diminishes the murmur of an MVP and the murmur of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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"' Mitral valve prolapse "'( MVP ) ( a . k . a . "'floppy mitral valve syndrome "', "'systolic click murmur syndrome "'or "'billowing mitral leaflet "') is a valvular heart disease characterized by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valve leaflet into the complications and often can be kept minimal by dietary attention.