TY - JOUR
T1 - Ventricular fibrillation in acute mitral valve insufficiency caused by chordae tendineae rupture
T2 - Report of a surgically corrected case
AU - Bortnik, Miriam
AU - Leverone, Marta
AU - Teodori, Giovanni
AU - Marcolongo, Marco
AU - Occhetta, Eraldo
AU - Marino, Paolo
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - In this report, we present the case of a previously healthy 80-year-old woman who was referred to surgery after a cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation successfully resuscitated; the following evaluation revealed acute mitral regurgitation due to chordae tendineae rupture. After mitral valve repair, a single-chamber cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. After 16 months of follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic without any further episodes of ventricular arrhythmias reported, underlying the pivotal role of mitral valve repair in the prevention of potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias.
AB - In this report, we present the case of a previously healthy 80-year-old woman who was referred to surgery after a cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation successfully resuscitated; the following evaluation revealed acute mitral regurgitation due to chordae tendineae rupture. After mitral valve repair, a single-chamber cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. After 16 months of follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic without any further episodes of ventricular arrhythmias reported, underlying the pivotal role of mitral valve repair in the prevention of potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias.
KW - Chordae tendineae rupture
KW - Mitral regurgitation
KW - Ventricular fibrillation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=63049087952&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283207b6f
DO - 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283207b6f
M3 - Article
SN - 1558-2027
VL - 10
SP - 261
EP - 263
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
IS - 3
ER -