Anterolateral papillary muscle rupture: diagnosis and successful treatment (a case report).
We report the case of a young man presenting with chest pain, dyspnea, and syncope in whom transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography helped to diagnose anterolateral papillary muscle rupture. After cardiac catheterization (which confirmed the severe mitral regurgitation and showed two vessel coronary disease), mitral valve replacement was performed together with coronary bypass grafting.
Apetrei
Eduard
E
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu, Bucharest, Romania. apetrei@fx.ro
Rugina
Mihaela
M
Iliescu
Vlad
V
Deleanu
Dan
D
Miclea
Ion
I
Filipescu
Daniela
D
Chioncel
Ovidiu
O
Mereuta
Adrian
A
D000328:Adult; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography