Severe Mitral Regurgitation due to Traumatic Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Rupture: A Case Report

A 29-year-old man was admitted for abrupt dyspnea and hemoptysis. An echocardiogram revealed severe mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture for which an emergency mitral valve replacement operation was performed 4 days after admission. Herein, we report our experience with this case alo...

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Autores principales: Lee, Chul Ho, Kwon, Oh Choon, Lee, Sub, Jang, Jae Seok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23275923
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.6.401
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Sumario:A 29-year-old man was admitted for abrupt dyspnea and hemoptysis. An echocardiogram revealed severe mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture for which an emergency mitral valve replacement operation was performed 4 days after admission. Herein, we report our experience with this case along with a review of the literature.

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