Severe post-ischemic elongation of the anterior papillary muscle: an unusual cause of mitral insufficiency in a 75-year-old man.
As a complication of myocardial ischemia, severe elongation of the anterior papillary muscle with resultant mitral valve insufficiency is a rare clinical finding. Using echocardiography, we accurately diagnosed this condition in a 75-year-old man. The patient underwent successful plication of the elongated anterior papillary muscle and the implantation of polytetrafluoroethylene neochordae tendineae.
Popa
Bogdan Adrian
BA
Department of Cardiology, Policlinico di Monza, Presidio San Gaudenzio, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Diena
Marco
M
Cerin
Gheorghe
G
Lanzillo
Guido
G
Tesler
Ugo Filippo
UF
D000368:Aged; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene