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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:257-259
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Traumatic papillary muscle rupture

Timothy A. Simmers, MD, PhDa, Huub W.J. Meijburg, MD, PhDa, Aart Brutel de la Rivière, MD, PhDb a Department of Cardiology, Heart-Lung Institute, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart-Lung Institute, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Accepted for publication May 25, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Simmers, Department of Cardiology, Heart-Lung Institute, University Medical Center, E03.406, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
e-mail: h.l.i.lon{at}hli.azu.nl

Papillary muscle rupture caused by blunt chest trauma is a relatively rare cause of mitral incompetence. To date only 25 cases of surgically corrected posttraumatic mitral regurgitation have been reported, of which only eight resulted from rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle.






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