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Why does your heart hurt when you have mitral valve prolapse?

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Chest pain MVP: Inmitral valve prolapse abnormalities in the valve makes it to fall back in to the left atrium as the ventricle contracts.This flopping or prolapsing is sometime perceived as chest pain/heart pain.The pain can be recurring and varies in intensity depending on the size of the prolapse.

Answered 8/1/2015

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