[Four cases of mitral valve prolapse associated with ventricular tachycardia]

J Cardiol Suppl. 1988:18:55-63, discussion 64-5.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Four patients with mitral valve prolapse and ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation were described. Case 1 was a 46-year-old man with syncope due to ventricular fibrillation. Case 2 was a 36-year-old woman with palpitation and dizziness due to ventricular tachycardia. Case 3 was a 47-year-old man with palpitation and dizziness due to ventricular tachycardia. Case 4 was a 38-year-old man with syncope due to torsade de pointes. Left ventriculograms showed mitral valve prolapse in all cases. Coronary arteriograms were also normal, supporting a noncoronary etiology of the arrhythmia. Patients with unexplained ventricular arrhythmias should be screened for mitral valve prolapse.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / complications*
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Tachycardia / complications*
  • Tachycardia / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / complications
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis