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Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death—A Puzzle with Missing Pieces: Review of the Literature and Case Report [PDF]
Medical SciencesBackground: Mitral valve prolapse is a common valvular heart disorder, usually associated with a benign prognosis in the absence of significant mitral regurgitation.
Diana Roxana Opris +4 more
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Diagnostics, 2021 Mitral valve prolapse is a common cardiac condition, with an estimated prevalence between 1% and 3%. Most patients have a benign course, but ever since its initial description mitral valve prolapse has been associated to sudden cardiac death.
Deni Kukavica +13 more
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Definitions, 2020 Mitral valve prolapse is a fairly common medical problem that is the focus of some controversy and even confusion among both physicians and those who suffer from it. There is at the same time less to it and more to it than at first appears.
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Arrhythmogenic Mitral Valve Prolapse
Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review, 2022 Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common condition present in 1–3% of the population. There has been evidence that a subset of MVP patients is at higher risk of sudden cardiac death. The arrhythmogenic mechanism is related to fibrotic changes in the papillary muscles caused by the prolapsing valve.
Theofanis George Korovesis +2 more
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3D echocardiography in mitral valve prolapse
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is the leading cause of mitral valve surgery. Echocardiography is the principal imaging modality used to diagnose MVP, assess the mitral valve morphology and mitral annulus dynamics, and quantify mitral regurgitation.
Valentina Mantegazza +9 more
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Mitral valve and left ventricular features in malignant mitral valve prolapse. [PDF]
Open Heart, 2018 Objective: Mitral valve prolapse is a benign condition, however with occasional reports of sudden cardiac death or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the absence of severe mitral regurgitation or coronary artery disease, suggesting the existence of a ...
Garbi, M, Lancellotti, P, Sheppard, MN
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Staphylococcus lugdunensis Endocarditis Complicated by Embolism in an 18-Year-Old Woman with Mitral Valve Prolapse [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2013 Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS). It is a major cause of prosthetic valve endocarditis; mitral valve prolapse (MVP) has emerged as a prominent predisposing structural cardiac abnormality.
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Residual Mitral Regurgitation After Repair for Posterior Leaflet Prolapse—Importance of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering [PDF]
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 BackgroundCarpentier's techniques for degenerative posterior mitral leaflet prolapse have been established with excellent long‐term results reported.
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Mitral Valve Prolapse in Pregnancy
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016 Mitral valve prolapse is a benign condition. Mitral regurgitation is only complicated in patients with severe mitral valve prolapse. Women with mitral valve prolapse in the absence of other cardiovascular disorders tolerate pregnancy well and do not ...
Shi-Min Yuan, Song-Li Yan
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Relationship Mitral valve prolapse syndrome and duodenal ulcer disease with concomitant autonomic dysfunction [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Internal MedicineBackground: There is no evidence regarding the crucial topic of possible correlation between duodenal ulcer disease and mitral valve prolapse syndrome. We herein investigated the potential relationship between these two disorders.
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