title: Spontaneous bileaflet chordal rupture secondary to myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Lutfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ocal
authors.forename: Macit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalcik
authors.forename: Cuneyt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toprak
authors.forename: Alev
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kılıcgedik
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koyuncu
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahveci
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography