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Article: Relatively common heart disorder shouldn't prompt a lot of worry, doctors say.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

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March 13, 1995
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ When MaryAnn Kailing's heart started to race uncontrollably, she was convinced that death was imminent.

She bounced from doctor to doctor for several years, searching for a diagnosis for her collection of unexplainable symptoms _ a rapid heartbeat, chest pain, anxiety and fatigue.

``I was experiencing all of these symptoms that were really disrupting my life, and nobody could tell me what was wrong'' says Kailing, 39. ``My heart would start pounding and I would feel like I was going to explode.''

Finally, she received a diagnosis: mitral valve prolapse syndrome, a deformity of the heart's mitral valve, located between the left ...

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