1. A Unique Case of Mitral Valve Double Papillary Muscle Rupture
- Author
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Elisabetta Lapenna, Roberto Spoladore, Luigi Pannone, Giulio Falasconi, and Alberto Margonato
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,AMI - Acute myocardial infarction ,Clinical Vignette ,Internal medicine ,Mitral valve ,Medicine ,echocardiography ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Myocardial infarction ,cardiovascular diseases ,business.industry ,Imaging Vignette ,papillary muscles ,Papillary muscle rupture ,medicine.disease ,IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump ,AMI, acute myocardial infarction ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,myocardial infarction ,RC666-701 ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular system ,OM1, left circumflex obtuse marginal artery ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Complication ,business - Abstract
Papillary muscle rupture is a rare and life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We present a unique case of double papillary muscle rupture in a patient with three vessel disease and acute thrombotic occlusion of left circumflex obtuse marginal artery as the culprit lesion. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.), Graphical abstract, Papillary muscle rupture is a rare and life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We present a unique case of double…
- Published
- 2019