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SUBMITTER: Tyler J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588477 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tyler Jeffrey J Narbutas Ryan R Oakley Luke L Ebinger Joseph J Nakamura Mamoo M
Journal of cardiology cases 20200715 5
Papillary muscle rupture is an infrequent and highly morbid mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction. Surgical repair or replacement is traditionally considered first-line therapy. However, many of these patients present in extremis with prohibitively high surgical risk. Repair of mitral regurgitation with the MitraClip device (Abbot Vascular, Menlo Park, CA, USA) is an established therapy to treat degenerative and functional mitral regurgitation. We present a case of successful re ...[more]