Cardiac arrest secondary to mitral annular disjunction: a case report
Ahmed Smman, Jacques-Henri Meurgey, Raj Khiani, Nelson Amaral · 2026
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Description
A floppy heart valve can hide an electrical hazard, and a 2026 case report led by Ahmed Smman presents a survivor of that combination. The article describes a woman in her forties whose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest came from ventricular fibrillation linked to mitral annular disjunction with bileaflet valve prolapse.
Bystander resuscitation began at once, and circulation returned after about thirty minutes and multiple shocks at the scene. Her history already included prolapse found after a youthful faint, heart MRI signs of scarring, and frequent abnormal beats on earlier monitoring. Testing excluded other causes, and she received an implanted defibrillator followed by mitral valve replacement for protection.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ahmed Smman, Jacques-Henri Meurgey, Raj Khiani, Nelson Amaral |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |