Sudden death in mitral valve prolapse and severe mitral regurgitation. Is chordal rupture an indication to early surgery?

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2003 Apr;44(2):283-6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Chordae Tendineae*
  • Death, Sudden / etiology*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Diseases / complications
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / genetics
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / genetics
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / surgery*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology