Why the study?
To report a rare complication of mitral papillary muscle rupture resulting in acute mitral regurgitation during catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia.
Highlights a rare and severe complication of papillary muscle rupture during catheter ablation, successfully managed with mechanical mitral valve replacement without blood transfusion in a Jehovah's Witness patient.
Alerts clinicians to rare papillary muscle rupture during SVT ablation; leaves open optimal prevention strategies.
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