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Emergency mitral valve replacement successfully rescued a 62-year-old woman presenting with cardiogenic shock due to anterior papillary muscle rupture caused by isolated first diagonal branch occlusion.
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Fatal anterior papillary muscle rupture can be caused by isolated occlusion of the first diagonal branch, and prompt diagnosis with transesophageal echocardiography followed by emergency mitral valve replacement can be life-saving.
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Isolated diagonal occlusion may cause papillary muscle rupture amenable to emergency repair; case report leaves open generalizability to routine practice.
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Ohkura et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Anterior papillary muscle rupture following acute myocardial infarction (n=1). Emergency mitral valve replacement was evaluated on Survival and recovery. Emergency mitral valve replacement successfully rescued a 62-year-old woman presenting with cardiogenic shock due to anterior papillary muscle rupture caused by isolated first diagonal branch occlusion.
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