Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Rupture Predicted by Post-Infarction Inflammatory Markers

Koyama Takafumi; Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Ikuo Katayama

doi:10.12659/AJCR.940406

09 September 2023: Articles

Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Rupture Predicted

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Koyama Takafumi ^A , Hiroyuki Yamamoto ^A* , Ikuo Katayama ^B

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.940406

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e940406

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Figure 5. Intraoperative view. (A) Note the forceps grabbing the detached papillary muscle head (arrowheads). (B) The resected anterior mitral leaflet with part of the anterolateral papillary muscle. The mitral valve leaflets and chordae are left intact, except for the rupture surface.

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Anterolateral Papillary Muscle Rupture Predicted

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