subject: What Does The Autonomic Nervous System Have To Do With The Mitral Valve Syndrome? [print this page] Patients with abnormal heart valves and their resulting medical problems have been recognized by cardiologists for almost half a century and there are numerous scientific papers on Mitral Valve Prolapse in the medical literature.
There are a second group of people with a slight and generally benign abnormality of the mitral valve that report a variety of symptoms including palpitations, chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, depression, sleep problems, irritable bowels, anxiety and panic attacks. Taken together they are sometimes called Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome The medical community at first approached the presenting symptoms as a mysterious illness.
Today it is understood that these symptoms are related to a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system and that they are treatable. However there are still only a handful of physicians and MVP Centers in the USA that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment for the MVP Syndrome patients.
Treatment for people with MVP Syndrome should begin with the gathering of clinically sound information available to understand what is the connection between their symptoms, the Automatic Nervous System and the Mitral Valve defect. Once the mystery is revealed and their fear has vanished they need to learn how to manage their condition in physiological sound ways that will also address the underlying causes.
At the MVP Center in Miami FL, cardiologist Ariel Soffer, MD and I developed and published our extensive Patient Guide with the Five Key Treatment Principles for MVP Syndrome that includes:
Understanding of the problems that the patient experiences due to the inappropriate and frightening physiological responses.
Identifying and removing factors that can trigger or exacerbate the symptoms.
Training the autonomic nervous system to adapt.
Maintaining adequate blood volume.
The use of conscious psychological techniques for reducing adrenaline.
These treatment principles were developed as a result of treating thousands of patients at the MVP Center and now you too can share their stories and test your knowledge of MVP Syndrome in the Fact or Fiction chapter.
Mina Soffer, is a licensed Mental Health therapist in FL. I have been practicing Behavioral therapy at the MVP Center www.sofferheart.com and contributed to the book Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome Patient Information Guide
by: Seo Majesty
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