Near-Fatal Arrhythmia From Severe Mitral Annular Disjunction.

Peter-Jon Williams, Mark Schwade, Ryan F Bloomquist, Robert Sorrentino, Deya A Alkhatib, Christine Mills

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Article in Case reports in cardiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Near-Fatal Arrhythmia From Severe Mitral Annular Disjunction.Case reports in cardiology · 2026
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Peter-Jon WilliamsSchool of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA, augusta.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3849-5129

Mark SchwadeDepartment of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA, augusta.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6661-3438

Ryan F BloomquistDepartment of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA, augusta.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3514-8593

Robert SorrentinoDepartment of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA, augusta.edu.

Deya A AlkhatibDepartment of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA, augusta.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-1124

Christine MillsDepartment of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA, augusta.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-8613

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitral annular disjunction (MAD) is increasingly recognized as a structural abnormality associated with ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest, particularly in the setting of bileaflet mitral valve prolapse (MVP). A 43-year-old man with a history of migraines presented following a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and was successfully resuscitated with a single AED shock. Transthoracic echocardiography showed mitral regurgitation with bileaflet prolapse and suspected MAD. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was placed for secondary prevention, and the patient was discharged in stable condition with outpatient surgical follow-up where robotic-assisted mitral valve repair was successfully performed. Advanced imaging plays a pivotal role in diagnosis and risk stratification when MAD presents as sudden cardiac arrest.

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PMID42370055

DOI10.1155/cric/2912144

PMCPMC13305664

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