Post-traumatic rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19853131.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.064.
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Abstract
Rupture of cardiac valves as a consequence of nonpenetrating cardiac trauma is an uncommon phenomenon. We report the case of a 24-year-old patient with a "two-stage" traumatic rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle of the mitral valve, after a blunt chest trauma, who successfully underwent emergency mitral valve replacement.
Medical subject headings
- Mitral Valve
- Papillary Muscles
- Wounds, Nonpenetrating