We investigated whether there is an association between anxiety disorders
and mitral valve prolapse. We compared mitral valve prolapse prevalence in
individuals with panic disorder (n = 41), social anxiety
disorder (n = 89) and in healthy controls
(n = 102) in an attempt to overcome the biases of
previous studies. Our results show no associations between panic disorder or
social anxiety disorder and mitral valve prolapse, regardless of the
diagnostic criteria employed, and that the relationship between these
conditions seems not to be clinically relevant.