A CURIOUS CASE OF RUPTURED PAPILLARY MUSCLE
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Ruptured Papillary Muscle
RUPTURE of a papillary muscle is a rare complication of myocardial infarction.1 2 The combination of coronary artery disease with severe mitral regurgitation usually results in a rapid, deteriorating course. Not until 1948 was this diagnosis correctly made ante mortem.3 Sanders et al., in 1957, discussed 61 cases of rupture of a papillary muscle and pointed out the important clinical features o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)03942-5