We report on a case of spontaneous coronary artery rupture in a 65-year-old woman. In this patient, pulmonary hypertension had been known for 12 years. The patient was receiving long-term oxygen treatment, oral anticoagulation, and sildenafil. Coronary heart disease had been excluded by coronary angiography 2 years before the event, and only dilated coronary arteries with arteriosclerotic plaqu...

1. Prieto JA, Olalla JJ, Enríquez Giraudo P, Ruiz Delgado B. Insuficiencia mitral por rotura aislada de músculo papilar secundaria a traumatismo torácico cerrado. Rev Esp Cardiol. 1995;48:486-8. 2. Parmley LF, Manion WC, Mattingly TW. Nonpenetrating traumatic injury of de heart. Circulation 1958;18:371-96. 3. Simmers TA, Meijburg HW, de la Riviere AB. Traumatic papillary muscle rupture. Ann Tho...

CoA has an incidence of 0.3–0.4/1000 live births and accounts for 5–7% of adults with congenital heart disease. Usually associated complications with it are aortic dissection, infective endocarditis, and rupture of aneurysms in the circle of Willis leading to intracranial hemorrhage. Spinal cord complications of CoA are rare, and only a few cases have been reported due to subarachnoid hemorrhag...

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...

Experimental Opportunities Molecular Markers, Fibrous Cap Rupture, and the Vulnerable Plaque : New Print ISSN: 0009-7330. Online ISSN: 1524-4571 Copyright © 2001 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation Research 2001;89:471-473 Circ Res. http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/89/6/4...

A successful simultaneous surgical repair of rupture of the interventricular septum and left ventricular aneurysm resulting from myocardial infarction is described. Very few similar cases have been described in the literature and in none was angiocardiography performed before operation. Preoperative angiocardiographic examination to demonstrate a ventricular aneurysm is of major importance in a...

We report the case of a 71-year-old man hospitalized for acute heart failure. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed mitral valve aneurysm (MVA) rupture and severe mitral regurgitation. No vegetations but significant aortic regurgitation were also observed. MVA perforation is a rare life-threatening condition that typically occurs as a complication of endocarditis but may als...