title: Double jeopardy: two major complications of a myocardial infarction in one patient.
abstract: A 62-year-old woman with no cardiac history was admitted to the hospital with an ambulant inferoposterolateral myocardial infarction. She experienced two major complications, namely, a free-wall rupture of the infarcted area, on which a bovine pericardial patch was glued surgically, and, a few days later, a posteromedial papillary muscle rupture, for which a mitral valve replacement was performed. She survived both complications and is now rehabilitating at home.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jasper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Selder
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riezebos
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome