Catheter-based fixation of the mitral valve after acute papillary muscle rupture: a new technique for temporary hemodynamic stabilization.
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.
Sochman
J
J
Coronary Care Unit, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
Vrbská
J
J
Frídl
P
P
v Vasková
Stanek
V
V
Pavel
P
P
Sedlácek
J
J
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