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Are aspirin and Cardvas tabs appropriate treatment for mitral valve prolapse?
ASPIRIN and CARDVAS tabs -- Is this suitable for the patient found with mitral valve prolapse at the early stage?
submitted by Adan from Tanzania, East Africa on 3/8/2014
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Paolo Angelini, MD
This is for the local MD to decide. Usually, mitral valve prolapse is not an indication for Aspirin.
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