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off the top of my head...
You have valves in each chamber of the heart which act as "one way doors" from which blood eject from. Atria contract to send blood into ventricles, which contract to send blood into the circulatory system.
Valve prolapse, means that the valves are faulty. The function of the valves is to shut once blood has been ejected out of its chamber, so it doesn't travel BACK into its chamber via retrograde contraction. like narcism said, it shouldn't lead to any problems, until the blood that DOES leak back begins to pool and clot inside the atrium/ventricles of the heart, which will reduce the heart's efficiency, and also run the risk of dislodging the clot for it to enter the circulatiobn with disastrous results.
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