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Acute papillary muscle infarction and rupture in the puerperium complicating Libman–Sacks endocarditis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report

BACKGROUND: Acute heart failure caused by severe mitral regurgitation (MR) due to papillary muscle rupture has been described in the puerperium by case reports; however, the majority of cases of papillary muscle rupture are caused by myocardial infarction. We describe papillary muscle rupture occurr...

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Autores principales: Curtis, Elizabeth, Corkill, Michael, Amir, Nezar, Haydock, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7026610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32099964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytz163