Open AccessRupture of a Papillary Muscle of the Tricuspid Valve Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Report of a Case
Author(s) -
Shlomo Eisenberg,
Joe Suyemoto
Publication year - 1964
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.30.4.588
Subject(s) - medicine , papillary muscle , tricuspid valve , myocardial infarction , cardiology , heart rupture , infarction
A case of rupture of a tricuspid papillary muscle due to myocardial infarction, apparently the first to be reported in the English literature, is presented. Anatomic, physiologic, and pathologic reasons for the rarity of such a rupture are advanced.
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