title: Acute severe functional mitral regurgitation secondary to cocaine-mediated anterior myocardial infarction.
abstract: We report a case of acute severe functional mitral regurgitation in a patient with cocaine-related anterior myocardial infarction. Transesophageal echocardiography played a pivotal role in excluding a mechanical complication, and determining the presence, severity, and mechanism of this life-threatening complication.
authors.affiliation: Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Seshu C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Main
mesh_terms: D003042:Cocaine / Q000506:poisoning*; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine