Aborted sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation in a female patient with mitral valve prolapse
Abstract Background Mitral valve prolapse is the most frequent valvular defect associated with a wide range of electro-hemodynamic abnormalities, leading to heart failure, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Mitral valve prolapse, first described from Barlow in the 1960s, is defined as displacemen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Cardiovascular Ultrasound |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12947-020-00236-9 |