Cardiac Arrest in a Patient With Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome: Multiple Possible Etiologies

Arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse syndrome is associated with a high risk of death. A 60-year-old man with arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse syndrome was monitored with an implantable loop recorder. Nine months later dyspnea developed, followed by cardiac arrest. Echocardiography showed mitral valve c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chivulescu, Monica, Aabel, Eivind, Dejgaard, Lars, Steen, Torkel, Dunlop, Oona, Haugaa, Kristina H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8603045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34825207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.019
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Sumario:Arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse syndrome is associated with a high risk of death. A 60-year-old man with arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse syndrome was monitored with an implantable loop recorder. Nine months later dyspnea developed, followed by cardiac arrest. Echocardiography showed mitral valve chordal rupture. He underwent successful surgical mitral valve repair. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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