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. 2017 Dec;9(12):5390–5398. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.14

Table 1. Pathophysiological mechanisms of sudden cardiac death in mitral valve prolapse patients (1,8,10,15-17).

Repolarization abnormalities and arrhythmogenesis
   ST depression repolarization
   Increased QT interval
   QT dispersion
   T-wave flattening and inversion
   Biphasic T-waves
Complex ventricular arrhythmias
   Outflow tract alternating with papillary muscle or fascicular region
   Diseased Purkinje tissue
MVP-related features
   Excessive papillary muscles traction by the prolapsing leaflets
   Mechanical endocardial stimulation by the elongated chordae
   Endocardial friction lesions in the left ventricle by the chordae
Mitral valve structural alterations
   Mitral annulus dilatation
   Elongated mitral leaflet
   Mitral annular disjunction
   Annulus hypermobility
   Bileaflet prolapse
Extravalvular factors
   Autonomic nervous system dysfunction
   Conduction system abnormalities
   Fibromuscular dysplasia of small coronary arteries
   Occult cardiomyopathies
Ventricular substrates
   Left ventricular fibrosis at the level of papillary muscles and basal posterolateral segment
   Aortic mitral continuity
   Aortic sinuses of Valsalva
   Suprapulmonary valve ectopics triggering polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and the atrioventricular valve annuli
Acute mitral regurgitation and cardiogenic pulmonary edema
   Primary spontaneous chordal rupture