title: Anterolateral papillary muscle rupture after weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass for coronary artery bypass grafting: once in a blue moon.
abstract: Complete rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle after successful coronary artery bypass procedure is an extremely rare event. We have been able to detect the initial phase of this uncommon complication just after weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass using intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic examination.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. u2benedetto@libero.it
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Benedetto
authors.forename: Brenno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fiorani
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roscitano
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miceli
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Capuano
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Comito
authors.forename: Euclide
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tonelli
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sinatra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography