Acute Myocardial Infarction and Papillary Muscle Rupture in the COVID-19 Era.
JACC Case Rep
; 2(10): 1637-1641, 2020 Aug.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-716776
ABSTRACT
Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction are infrequent in the modern era of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, but they are associated with high mortality rates. Papillary muscle rupture with acute severe mitral regurgitation is one such life-threatening complication that requires early detection and urgent surgical intervention. (Level of Difficulty Beginner.).
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus disease-2019; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; MR, mitral regurgitation; ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; TEE, transesophageal echocardiogram; VA ECMO, venoarterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation; acute coronary syndrome; mitral regurgitation; papillary muscle rupture; percutaneous coronary intervention; transesophageal echocardiography
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JACC Case Rep
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2020
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