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Predictors of in-hospital mortality after mitral valve surgery for post-myocardial infarction papillary muscle rupture

BACKGROUND: Papillary muscle rupture (PMR) is a rare, but often life-threatening mechanical complication of myocardial infarction (MI). Immediate surgical intervention is considered the optimal and most rational treatment for acute PMR, but carries high risks. At this point it is not entirely clear...

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Autores principales: Bouma, Wobbe, Wijdh-den Hamer, Inez J, Koene, Bart M, Kuijpers, Michiel, Natour, Ehsan, Erasmus, Michiel E, van der Horst, Iwan C C, Gorman III, Joseph H, Gorman, Robert C, Mariani, Massimo A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25322911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-014-0171-z