title: "Woodpecker" in the heart: unusual case of spontaneous chordae rupture of the mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, General Hospital Braunau, Braunau, Austria, johann.auer@khbr.at.
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berent
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome