Chest pain and palpitations in postmenopausal women with mitral valve prolapse, is there a gastroesophageal origin?

mitral valve prolapse(MVP) is a common disease in women, causing chest pain and palpitation, due to structural and functional valve abnormality, sometime associated with gastro-esophageal-reflux-disease(GERD).This is a challenging clinical problem in clinical practice,requires targeted diagnostic assessment,to identify the underlying causes of the symptoms because treatment needs to be tailored,according to the causes themselves, to resolve the symptoms. Our aim is to assess the prevalence of GERD in a population of postmenopausal women affected by MVP and if there is any correlation between the two conditions.