Key result
Emergency mitral valve replacement successfully treats traumatic papillary muscle rupture following blunt chest trauma.
Why the study?
Non-penetrating cardiac trauma causing mitral valve rupture is uncommon and requires high suspicion for diagnosis due to its severity.
Case Report (n=1)
Emergency mitral valve replacement can be successfully performed in patients with traumatic papillary muscle rupture following blunt chest trauma.
Supports feasibility of emergency mitral valve replacement in traumatic papillary muscle rupture; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Non-penetrating cardiac trauma resulting in mitral valve rupture is uncommon, requiring a high degree of suspicion for diagnosis. Sudden and severe mitral regurgitation, unless surgically corrected rapidly lead to congestive heart failure and death. We report a patient with traumatic rupture of the antero-lateral papillary muscle of the mitral valve and pericardial injury, after a lateral blunt chest trauma, who successfully underwent emergency mitral valve replacement.
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Giuseppe Bruschi (2001) conducted a case report in Traumatic rupture of the antero-lateral papillary muscle of the mitral valve and pericardial injury (n=1). Emergency mitral valve replacement was evaluated. Emergency mitral valve replacement was successfully performed in a patient with traumatic rupture of the antero-lateral papillary muscle and pericardial injury following blunt chest trauma.
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