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Case Reports
. 2006 Apr;19(4):469.e1-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.12.005.

Papillary muscle rupture after blunt chest trauma

Adriana Cordovil  1 , Claudio H Fischer, Ana Clara T Rodrigues, Edgar B Lira Filho, Marcelo L C Vieira, Alexandre F Cury, Gustavo A F Naccarato, Carmen Valente, Carlos M Brandão, Pablo M Pommerantzeff, Samira S Morhy
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Papillary muscle rupture after blunt chest trauma

Adriana Cordovil et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

We report a case of anterolateral papillary muscle rupture in a 22-year-old man who had blunt chest trauma caused by a car accident. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed severe mitral regurgitation caused by the rupture. He successfully underwent emergency mitral valve replacement and was discharged 9 days after the surgical correction.

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