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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1664-1666. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.064
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Post-Traumatic Rupture of the Anterolateral Papillary Muscle

Giovanni Domenico Cresce, MDa,*, Alessandro Favaro, MDa, Augusto D'Onofrio, MDa, Caterina Piccin, MDa, Paolo Magagna, MDa, Massimo Spanghero, MDb, Alessandro Fabbri, MDa

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
b Division of Cardiology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

Accepted for publication March 18, 2009.

* Address correspondence to Dr Cresce, Division of Cardiac Surgery, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, Vicenza, 36100, Italy (Email: gd.cresce{at}yahoo.it).

Rupture of cardiac valves as a consequence of nonpenetrating cardiac trauma is an uncommon phenomenon. We report the case of a 24-year-old patient with a "two-stage" traumatic rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle of the mitral valve, after a blunt chest trauma, who successfully underwent emergency mitral valve replacement.






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