Thursday, August 20, 2015

CIRC - "Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death"

"Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death"

"Conclusions—MVP is an underestimated cause of arrhythmic SCD, mostly in young adult women. Fibrosis of the papillary muscles and inferobasal left ventricular wall, suggesting a myocardial stretch by the prolapsing leaflet, is the structural hallmark and correlates with ventricular arrhythmias origin. Contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance may help to identify in vivo this concealed substrate for risk stratification."

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/7/556.full

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