Why the study?
Is papillary muscle dysfunction associated with incomplete mitral leaflet closure and mitral regurgitation in patients with prior myocardial infarction?
Population
82 subjects: 22 patients with prior myocardial infarction and clinical evidence of papillary muscle…
Comparison
Echocardiographic examination vs Normal subjects and patients with prior…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Associates papillary muscle dyskinesis with post-MI mitral regurgitation; extends mechanistic insights but remains hypothesis-generating.
Is papillary muscle dysfunction associated with incomplete mitral leaflet closure and mitral regurgitation in patients with prior myocardial infarction?
This study provides objective echocardiographic evidence that de novo mitral regurgitation in prior MI patients is caused by dyskinesis near the papillary muscles preventing normal leaflet closure.
Godley et al. (1981) studied this question.