The missing pieces in the puzzle of arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse: Papillary muscles, mitral annulus dysjunction, and myocardial scarring.

Heart Rhythm

Cardiovascular Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy. Electronic address:

Published: April 2021

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