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. 1978 Dec;5(4):397–405.

ARRHYTHMIA WITH MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE: RESULTS OF ANNULOPLASTY IN TWO PATIENTS *

Mahdi S Al-Bassam 1, Denton A Cooley 1
PMCID: PMC287754  PMID: 15216044

Abstract

The effectiveness of posterior annuloplasty in two patients who failed to respond to medical treatment for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias related to mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is reported. Although the etiology of arrhythmia in MVP remains mostly speculative, anatomic correction of prolapse or billowing of the mitral leaflets appears to reverse the anatomic and pathologic conditions that cause the arrhythmia.

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