Papillary Muscle Rupture Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

A 52-year-old man presented with acute onset of chest pain and was found to have an inferolateral ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and acute mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture. This case describes a rare, potentially fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infar...

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Main Authors: Lyana Labrada, MD, Aadhar Patil, MD, Jeevan Kumar, MD, Samuel Kolman, MD, Omer Iftikhar, MD, Martin Keane, MD, Kenji Minakata, MD, PhD, William Van Decker, MD, Vladimir Lakhter, DO, Isaac Whitman, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920311037