title: Catheter-based fixation of the mitral valve after acute papillary muscle rupture: a new technique for temporary hemodynamic stabilization.
abstract: We describe a new, catheter-based method for temporary management of hemodynamic instability after papillary muscle rupture in a patient with an acute myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Coronary Care Unit, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sochman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vrbská
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frídl
authors.lastname: v Vasková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stanek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sedlácek
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010210:Papillary Muscles