Mitral valve prolapse
Meaning of mitral valve prolapse: For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, mitral valve prolapse: (a) means a degenerative, structural disorder of the mitral valve apparatus in which there is systolic displacement of an abnormally thickened or redundant mitral leaflet into the left atrium, and where this disorder has been confirmed by echocardiographic studies; and (b) excludes: (i) flail mitral valve leaflet; (ii) inherited connective tissue disorders including Marfan syndrome; (iii) isolated mitral regurgitation in the absence of echocardiographic evidence of mitral valve prolapse; and (iv) mitral valve disorder due to rheumatic heart disease.
Reasonable Hypothesis (RH) — Statement of Principles No. 15 of 2023
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting mitral valve prolapse or death from mitral valve prolapse with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
- (1)inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for mitral valve prolapse;
Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsection 9(1) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, the condition where it was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person’s relevant service.
