Open AccessMitral Insufficiency Resulting from Rupture of Normal Chordae Tendineae
Author(s) -
L. E. January,
June M. Fisher,
J.L. Ehrenhaft
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.26.6.1329
Subject(s) - chordae tendineae , medicine , cardiology , mitral valve , surgery
Mitral insufficiency resulting from rupture of normal chordae tendineae occurs and can be recognized. It is subject to surgical repair. A patient with refractory cardiac failure due to mitral insufficiency on this basis has been totally rehabilitated by surgical repair of the valvular restraining mechanism.
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