Risk of vasovagal syncope and cardiac arrhythmias in children with mitral valve prolapse.

Cetinkaya M., Semizel E., Bostan Ö. M. , ÇİL E.

Acta cardiologica, vol.63, no.3, pp.395-8, 2008 (Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 63 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.2143/ac.63.3.1020318
  • Title of Journal : Acta cardiologica
  • Page Numbers: pp.395-8
  • Keywords: mitral valve prolapse, arrhythmia, vasovagal syncope, tilt test, children, QT DISPERSION, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, ABNORMALITIES, DYSRHYTHMIA

Abstract

Objective - Postural phenomena, cardiac arrhythmias and autonomic dysfunction are responsible for presyncope and syncope in patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP). In this study, arrhythmia and vasovagal syncope incidence were investigated in children with MVR