Papillary Muscle Rupture as a First Event in Acute Myocardial Infarction |
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Authors: | HENRIK TOFT S
RENSEN FINN NIELSEN JACOB S
RENSEN |
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Institution: | HENRIK TOFT SØRENSEN,FINN NIELSEN,JACOB SØRENSEN |
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Abstract: | Abstract. Cardiogenic shock caused by papillary muscle rupture in acute myocardial infarction is potentially reversible by surgical treatment. A case of inferior myocardial infarction in a 56-year-old previously healthy man is reported, in which the first event was papillary muscle rupture. The patient was in shock and had a mitral insufficiency murmur. The diagnosis was made by echocardiography and ventriculography. A St. Jude valve was implanted, and the patient was discharged in good health. It is suggested that routine echocardiography be carried out on patients with sudden cardiogenic shock, when a mitral murmur is present. |
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Keywords: | papillary muscle rupture acute myocardial infarction |
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