RUPTURE OF A MITRAL-VALVE PAPILLARY-MUSCL E IN A PATIENT WITH MYOCARDITIS

Authors
CHARON P BOURJA A WEISS AM ABARAH B DAUPTAIN J CAZAL J MAZURKIEWICS M
Citation
P. Charon et al., RUPTURE OF A MITRAL-VALVE PAPILLARY-MUSCL E IN A PATIENT WITH MYOCARDITIS, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 72(19-20), 1996, pp. 603-607
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
72
Issue
19-20
Year of publication
1996
Pages
603 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1996)72:19-20<603:ROAMPE>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A patient developed rupture of the anterior mitral valve papillary mus cle with clinical circulatory arrest as a complication of acute diffus e myocarditis of unknown origin manifesting as infarction-like pain an d fever. The diagnosis was established by the pathological examination .