This paper reports a rare case of tricuspid papillary muscle rupture secondary to acute myocardial 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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