Papillary muscle rupture after blunt chest trauma.
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.
Cordovil
Adriana
A
Echocardiography Laboratory, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil. acordovil@cardiol.br
Fischer
Claudio H
CH
Rodrigues
Ana Clara T
AC
Lira Filho
Edgar B
EB
Vieira
Marcelo L C
ML
Cury
Alexandre F
AF
Naccarato
Gustavo A F
GA
Valente
Carmen
C
Brandão
Carlos M
CM
Pommerantzeff
Pablo M
PM
Morhy
Samira S
SS
D000328:Adult; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*