Common Phenotype in Patients With Mitral Valve Prolapse Who Experienced Sudden Cardiac Death

Circulation. 2018 Sep 4;138(10):1067-1069. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.033488.
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Keywords: death, sudden; defibrillators, implantable; mitral valve insufficiency; mitral valve prolapse; risk factors.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / complications*
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / mortality
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / therapy
  • Phenotype
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Syncope / etiology*
  • Syncope / mortality
  • Syncope / physiopathology
  • Syncope / prevention & control
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / mortality
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / prevention & control
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / etiology*
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / mortality
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / prevention & control
  • Young Adult