Introduction Papillary muscles (PMs) of the left ventricle (LV) have been shown to be a potential origin of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in patients with or without structural heart disease. Recently, a “malignant” arrhythmia phenotype in patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) who experienced lifethreatening VAs has been reported. This subset of patients with MVP was characterized by comple...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is the most common valve anomaly and the most frequent cause of isolated mitral insuffi ciency. MVP has a mostly benign course and prognosis in childhood; however, complications, such as severe mitral regurgitation, infectious endocarditis, pulmonary embolism, arrhythmia and sudden death, occur more often in elderly people, demonstrating the need for prompt diagnosti...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) has long been the subject of intense discussions regarding prognosis and follow-up tactics. In most cases, this condition a benign prognosis. However, recent autopsy studies have shown risks developing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in some subgroups patients who clinical phenomenon. The proposed literature review uses population with MVP highest probability life-threate...

The etiology of cerebrovascular disease (CDV) in young patients is difficult to establish if the common causes of a focal neurological deficit are excluded by appropriate investigations. Since in some observations prolapse of the mitral-valve (MVP), alterations of platelet function, or both have been linked with cerebral ischemic events, we studied the in vivo platelet release reaction and the ...

The etiology of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in young patients is difficult to establish if the common causes of a focal neurological deficit are excluded by appropriate investigations. Since in some observations prolapse of the mitral-valve (MVP), alterations of platelet function, or both have been linked with cerebral ischemic events, we studied the in vivo platelet release reaction and the ...

BACKGROUND Cardiac manifestations of Marfan syndrome include aortic root dilation and mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Only scant data exist describing MVP in patients with Marfan syndrome undergoing aortic root replacement. METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively analyzed data from 166 MFS patients with MVP who were enrolled in a prospective multicenter registry of patients who underwent aortic r...

introduction: body mass index (bmi) can affect cardiac morphology; however, the relationship between bmi and valvular heart diseases has not been thoroughly evaluated. this study aimed to determine the relationship between bmi and mitral valve prolapse (mvp) as one of the most common valve diseases worldwide. it can help us to better understand pathophysiology of this common disease. materials ...

Mitral annular disjunction (MAD) is an increasingly recognized entity that usually accompanies mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and associated with a small risk of ventricular arrhythmias. There are no established ECG findings MAD, detection MAD relies primarily on imaging techniques such as echocardiography or MRI. To discern surface clues to the presence in patients MVP. We developed registry all ...