Papillary muscle rupture: Correlation between echocardiography and surgical pathology

• Mariana Castro,
• João Abecasis,
• Rosa Gouveia,
• Regina Ribeiras,
• Miguel Abecasis

Affiliations

Mariana Castro

Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental Carnaxide, Portugal

João Abecasis

Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental Carnaxide, Portugal; Nova Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal; Corresponding author.

Rosa Gouveia

Pathology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental Carnaxide, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Forensic Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Coimbra, Portugal

Regina Ribeiras

Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental Carnaxide, Portugal

Miguel Abecasis

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental Carnaxide, Portugal