Citation

Larrea JL, Silvestre J, Oliver J, Calvo L, Mate I, Moreno I, Cerron F, Mesa JM, Baset F, Centeno J. J. Heart Valve Dis. 1995; 4(3): 291-292.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiac Surgery, La Paz General Hospital, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, ICR Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7655692

Abstract

A case of delayed papillary muscle rupture is reported, which developed 24 hours following a mild chest trauma. Transthoracic echocardiography established the diagnosis; immediate mitral valve replacement was carried out. The postoperative course was uneventful.

Language: en