Papillary muscle rupture may occur even in patients with small or no myocardial ischemic lesion, and it also arise from iatrogenic complications. We report a case of papillary following artery dissection, that apparently occurred due to catheter intervention. An 83-year-old woman stable angina pectoris underwent percutaneous coronary Coronary dissection during the procedure; however, she showed...

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) and papillary muscle rupture are severe complications of myocardial infarction which are usually observed individually although their simultaneous occurrence has been observed in pathological studies. An 82-year-old female underwent repair of a post-infarction VSD and 13 days later required mitral valve replacement due to delayed papillary muscle rupture. Mechani...

Papillary muscle rupture is a lethal complication of after acute myocardial infarction. We report the successful surgical management of complete anterolateral papillary muscle rupture associated with cardiogenic shock in an 80-year-old woman. The patient was admitted with the sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnea. After hemodynamics deteriorated rapidly, she was intubated and intra-aortic ball...

Left ventricular free wall rupture and acute ischaemic mitral regurgitation are nowadays rare, but still potentially lethal mechanical complications after acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a sequential left ventricular free wall rupture, anterolateral papillary muscle disruption, secondary severe mitral regurgitation and subsequent posteromedial papillary muscle head rupture in a...

BACKGROUND Papillary muscle rupture is one of the catastrophic mechanical complications following myocardial infarction. Rupture leads to acute mitral valve regurgitation, pulmonary edema, and cardiogenic shock. Survival is dependent on prompt recognition and surgical intervention. CASES REPORT We present two cases where acute myocardial infarction was complicated by papillary muscle rupture ...

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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...

ince the introduction of transvenous cardiac pacing S by Furman and Schwedell in 1959, numerous reports of unusual complications have appeared. To o w knowledge, rupture of a papillary muscle o r any valvular component has not been reported previously. This report describes a case of mitral valve papillary muscle rupture upon removal of a transvenous pacing electrode. Furthermore, this patient ...