Key result
A 65-year-old male presenting with ventricular tachycardia was found to have arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse with myocardial fibrosis and was successfully treated with mitral valve replacement.
Why the study?
Mitral valve prolapse is generally considered benign but can lead to adverse outcomes like sudden cardiac death from ventricular arrhythmias, highlighting the need to assess risk factors via echocardiography.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the importance of multimodality imaging, including echocardiography and MRI, in identifying high-risk features for sudden cardiac death in patients with mitral valve prolapse presenting with ventricular arrhythmias.
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May support mitral valve replacement in refractory arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse; hypothesis-generating, larger studies needed before practice change.
While mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is generally regarded as a benign valvular heart condition, it can be associated with significant adverse outcomes, including sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular arrhythmias (VA).This article presents a clinical case illustrating a 65-year-old patient with MVP associated with characteristic echocardiographic signs, including mitral annular disjunction and the Pickelhaube sign.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the presence of myocardial fibrosis, a potential arrhythmic substrate.The objective of this article is to emphasize the importance of echocardiographic assessment in identifying SCD risk factors in MVP patients and highlighting the complexity of this condition.Successful mitral valve replacement surgery was performed, demonstrating the effectiveness of early intervention.
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Kalkoul et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Mitral valve prolapse with ventricular tachycardia (n=1). Mitral valve replacement surgery was evaluated on Patient recovery post-surgery. A 65-year-old male presenting with ventricular tachycardia was found to have arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse with myocardial fibrosis and was successfully treated with mitral valve replacement.
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