A Unique Case of Mitral Valve Double Papillary Muscle Rupture

A Unique Case of Mitral Valve Double Papillary Muscle Rupture

Papillary muscle rupture is a rare and life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We present a unique case of double papillary muscle rupture in a patient with three vessel disease and acute thrombotic occlusion of left circumflex obtuse marginal artery as the culprit lesion...

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Main Authors: Luigi Pannone, MD, Giulio Falasconi, MD, Alberto Margonato, MD, Elisabetta Lapenna, MD, Roberto Spoladore, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
echocardiography
myocardial infarction
papillary muscles
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919302645

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