Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of papillary muscle rupture secondary to myocardial infarction

Am Heart J. 1989 Dec;118(6):1330-3. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(89)90026-4.

Authors

A M Patel¹, F A Miller Jr, B K Khandheria, C J Mullany, J B Seward, J K Oh

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.

PMID: 2589169
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(89)90026-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography / methods*
Esophagus
Heart Rupture / diagnosis*
Heart Rupture / pathology
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnosis*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / pathology
Humans
Male
Papillary Muscles* / pathology