Mitral annular disjunction in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients-a retrospective cardiac MRI study

CONCLUSIONS: MAD is rather common in OHCA patients without definitive aetiology undergoing CMR. The presence of MAD was independently associated to OHCA without an identifiable trigger. Further research is needed to understand the exact role of MAD in OHCA patients.PMID:38602567 | DOI:10.1007/s00392-024-02440-3

Source: Clin Med Res - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Felix Troger Gert Klug Paulina Poskaite Christina Tiller Ivan Lechner Martin Reindl Magdalena Holzknecht Priscilla Fink Eva-Maria Brunnauer Elke R Gizewski Bernhard Metzler Sebastian Reinstadler Agnes Mayr Source Type: research