European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes
Mitral valve prolapse: incidence and prognosis related to serum levels of sex hormone-binding globulin.
Zhaolin Fu, Zhennan Lin, Qiang Li, Xunan Guo, Xinmin Liu, Kaiyang Lin, Guangyuan Song
Published: 202510.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf156
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is common, with higher prevalence in women. We hypothesized that sex hormones and regulatory protein sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) play a pivotal role in development and prognosis of MVP. METHODS…
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