Mitral Annulus Disjunction: Emerging Role of Myocardial Mechanical Stretch in Arrhythmogenesis

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¹ Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy; Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy. Electronic address: cristina.basso@unipd.it.
² Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy; Clinical Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy.

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Cristina Basso et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018.

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. 2018 Oct 2;72(14):1610-1612.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.07.069.

¹ Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy; Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy. Electronic address: cristina.basso@unipd.it.
² Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy; Clinical Cardiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy.

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Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance; mitral annulus disjunction; mitral regurgitation; mitral valve prolapse; ventricular arrhythmia.

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The Mitral Annulus Disjunction Arrhythmic Syndrome.
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