A Unique Case of Mitral Valve Double Papillary Muscle Rupture

Luigi Pannone, MD; Giulio Falasconi, MD; Alberto Margonato, MD; Elisabetta Lapenna, MD; Roberto Spoladore, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2019)

A Unique Case of Mitral Valve Double Papillary Muscle Rupture

Luigi Pannone, MD,
Giulio Falasconi, MD,
Alberto Margonato, MD,
Elisabetta Lapenna, MD,
Roberto Spoladore, MD

Affiliations

Luigi Pannone, MD: Clinical Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Giulio Falasconi, MD: Clinical Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Alberto Margonato, MD: Clinical Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Elisabetta Lapenna, MD: Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Roberto Spoladore, MD: Clinical Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy; Address for correspondence: Dr. Roberto Spoladore, Clinical Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 3
pp. 428 – 430

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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.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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