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SUBMITTER: Czarnecki A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2248568 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Czarnecki Andrew A Thakrar Amar A Fang Tielan T Lytwyn Matthew M Ahmadie Roien R Pascoe Edward E Jassal Davinder S DS
Cardiovascular ultrasound 20080118
We present a case of an individual who presented with acute severe mitral regurgitation in the setting of an inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction. Both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated a posteriorly directed eccentric jet of severe mitral regurgitation with flail anterior mitral valve leaflet attached presumably to the anterior papillary muscle. Intraoperative findings demonstrated rupture of the postero-medial papillary muscle attached via chords to the ant ...[more]