title: Ballooning posterior leaflet syndrome: syncope and sudden death.
abstract: Two of four patients with ballooning posterior leaflet syndrome died suddenly and the remaining two developed a near-fatal arrhythmia. These four patients demonstrate the potentially fatal nature of the ballooning posterior leaflet syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011802:Quinidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D010672:Phenytoin; D011433:Propranolol; D011802:Quinidine