Mitral Valve Prolapse: An Innocent Bystander or Proarrhythmogenic Anomaly?

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a relatively common finding in the general population, and it is associated with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). In this report, we present a case involving a 63-year-old male who had been previously diagnosed with MVP complicated by multip...

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Autores principales: Shukla, Raj, Zoltowska, Dominika, Sattiraju, Srinivasan, Su, Jialin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8389508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34462693
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16668
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Sumario:Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a relatively common finding in the general population, and it is associated with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). In this report, we present a case involving a 63-year-old male who had been previously diagnosed with MVP complicated by multiple admissions for episodes of ventricular arrhythmias.

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