A case of acute papillary muscle rupture in a child with campylobacter enteritis and citrullinaemia.

Rowlands, Helen E; Westrope, Claire; Hendriksz, Chris; Chakrapani, Anupam; Barron, David J; Bagshaw, Oliver · Intensive Care Med · 2007

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a case of acute papillary muscle rupture associated with intercurrent Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis in a child with a diagnosis of citrullinaemia, requiring urgent mitral valve replacement.

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