Acute inferior myocardial infarction combined with papillary muscle rupture: A case report / 中南大学学报(医学版)

The incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is increasing. Acute papillary muscle rupture is one of the serious and rare mechanical complications of AMI, which occurs mostly in inferior and posterior myocardial infarction. A patient with acute inferior myocardial infarction developed pulmonary edema and refractory shock, followed by cardiac arrest. After cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), revascularization of criminal vessels was carried out by emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) under the support of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) and extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Although the patient was given a chance for surgery, his family gave up treatment due to unsuccessful brain resuscitation. It reminds that mechanical complications such as acute papillary muscle rupture, valvular dysfunction and rupture of the heart should be highly suspected when cardiogenic pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock are difficult to correct in acute inferior myocardial infarction. Echocardiogram and surgery should be put forward when revascularization of criminal vessels is available.

A Case Report of Papillary Muscle Rupture after Mitral Valve Replacement with Preservation of Whole Subvalvular Apparatus / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

Preservation of subvalvular mitral apparatus and maintenance of continuity between structures and annulus is recognized, and widely accepted as a significant factor for avoiding impairment to ventricular function and preventing left ventricular rupture during mitral valve replacement. However, we encountered a patient who developed posteromedial papillary muscle rupture following chordal sparing mitral valve replacement. The patient was a 67-year-old man who underwent mitral valve replacement with a porcine bioprosthesis 29M for acute mitral valve insufficiency due to several spontaneous chordal ruptures. The subvalvular apparatus of both leaflets was retained, the center of the anterior leaflet was excised elliptically, and the entire posterior leaflet was preserved. Although his postoperative course was uneventful, the transthoracic echocardiogram showed a floating structure prolapsing through the aortic valve in the left ventricle synchronizing with the cardiac cycle. The severed papillary muscle was removed successfully via an aortotomy through the native aortic valve on the 57th day after the first surgery. The patient recovered with no events. Surgeons should consider avoiding an excessive tension on the preserved chordae and delivering a cardioplegia sufficiently and uniformly during mitral valve replacement.