title: Traumatic papillary muscle rupture.
abstract: Papillary muscle rupture caused by blunt chest trauma is a relatively rare cause of mitral incompetence. To date only 25 cases of surgically corrected posttraumatic mitral regurgitation have been reported, of which only eight resulted from rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. h.l.i.lon@hli.azu.nl
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Simmers
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Meijburg
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: de la Rivière
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*