New-onset heart failure caused by spontaneous papillary muscle rupture: diagnosis with dual-source computed tomographic coronary angiography

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jan;137(1):e19-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.054. Epub 2008 May 7.

Authors

Heon Lee¹, Balazs Ruzsics, U Joseph Schoepf, Edward A Stewart, Philip Costello, James L Glenn, John S Ikonomidis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.

PMID: 19154868
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.054

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / complications*
Coronary Angiography / methods*
Female
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Middle Aged
Papillary Muscles*
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*