Ruptura traumática de músculo papilar da valva tricúspide com forame oval patente adquirido e ruptura atrial direita oculta / Traumatic tricuspid valve papillary muscle case with concomitant acquired patent foramen ovale and covert right atrial rupture

RESUMO O traumatismo cardíaco é comum em acidentes com veículos automotores. Uma mulher com 50 anos de idade foi transportada para nosso hospital após sofrer múltiplos traumatismos em um acidente de automóvel quando dirigia em alta velocidade. Após admissão à unidade de terapia intensiva, uma ultrassonografia cardíaca revelou ruptura traumática de músculo papilar da valva tricúspide e forame oval patente, enquanto se observou, no exame físico, o sinal de Lancisi. Foi realizado tratamento cirúrgico com anuloplastia da valva e fechamento do forame oval patente; durante o ato cirúrgico, diagnosticou-se ruptura oculta do átrio direito.

ABSTRACT Cardiac trauma often occurs in motor vehicle accidents. A 50-year-old female driver was transported to our hospital with multiple trauma after a high-speed car accident. After admission to the intensive care unit, cardiac ultrasound examination revealed traumatic tricuspid valve papillary muscle rupture and patent foramen ovale, while Lancisi's sign was noted on physical examination. Surgical treatment was performed with valve annuloplasty and closure of the patent foramen ovale and a covert right atrial defect that was detected intraoperatively.

Rotura de músculo papilar: una complicación mecánica del infartoagudo de miocardio / Papillary muscle rupture: a mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction

La rotura de músculo papilar (RMP) es una complicación mecánica infrecuente (1-5 por ciento) del infarto agudo de miocardio (IAM). Se manifiesta en el contexto de un paciente infartado, como una insuficiencia mitral aguda, con descompensación hemodinámica grave y edema pulmonar agudo, con el consiguiente shock cardiogénico. PRESENTACIÓN DEL CASO: Paciente de género masculino, de 71 años de edad, sordomudo, sin antecedentes mórbidos cardiovasculares conocidos, que consultó por cuadro súbito de disnea. El examen físico de ingreso mostró palidez, sudoración y tiraje, con un soplo holosistólico IV/VI en el foco mitral. Electrocardiograma evidenció infarto con supra desnivel ST anteroseptoapical, con enzimas cardíacas compatibles. Radiografía de tórax mostró infiltrados pulmonares difusos compatibles con edema agudo pulmonar. Ecocardiograma informó insuficiencia mitral masiva, con prolapso del velo anterior asociada a posible RMP. Coronariografía evidenció lesiones significativas en arterias descendente anterior y coronaria derecha. Debido a la gravedad del cuadro clínico, se decidió tratamiento quirúrgico de urgencia con Reemplazo de Válvula Mitral y Cirugía de Revascularización Miocárdica. DISCUSIÓN: La RMP es la complicación mecánica más grave del IAM, llegando a presentar una mortalidad del 75 por ciento en las primeras 24 horas, razón por la cual es importante tener un alto índice de sospecha. El tratamiento de elección es quirúrgico, aunque tiene una alta mortalidad (50 por ciento), es mejor opción que el tratamiento médico, cuya mortalidad puede alcanzar cifras superiores al 90 por ciento...

Papillary muscle rupture is a rare mechanical complication (1-5 percent) of acute myocardial infarction and is a major cause of acute mitral regurgitation. It manifests itself in the context of an infarcted patient, as acute mitral regurgitation with severe hemodynamic decompensation and acute pulmonary edema, leading to cardiogenic shock. CASE REPORT: A71 years old man, deaf, without known cardiovascular history, who presented with sudden onset of dyspnea. Physical examination at admission showed pallor, sweating and circulation, highlighting the presence of a holosystolic murmur IV / VI. Electrocardiogram showed ST-elevation myocardial antero septoapical with cardiac enzymes compatible. Chest radiography showed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates consistent with acute pulmonary edema. Echocardiogram reported massive mitral regurgitation with anterior leaflet prolapse associated with possible rupture of papillary muscle. Coronary angiography showed severe lesions in left anterior descending artery, posterior, right coronary artery and first diagonal. Due to the severity of symptoms, emergency surgery was decided with Mitral Valve Replacement and Myocardial Revascularization Surgery. DISCUSSION: papillary muscle rupture is the most serious mechanical complication, presenting a 75 percent mortality in the first 24 hours, reason why it is important to have a high index of suspicion. The treatment of choice is surgery, although it has a high mortality (50 percent), is superiorto medical treatment, which has a mortality higher than90 percent...

Unusual cause of neonatal cyanosis

We present a case of a full-term female neonate who presented at 6 h of age with severe cyanosis and was partially responsive to oxygen supplementation. An echocardiogram showed an isolated congenital severe tricuspid valve insufficiency due to rupture of the papillary muscle of the anterior tricuspid valve leaflet. Magnesium sulfate was infused to lower the pulmonary resistance and thus enhancing the antegrade pulmonary blood flow. Ductal patency was secured by prostaglandin infusion thus providing an additional pulmonary blood flow through the ductus arteriosus. The above measures were adequate to stabilize the patient with no further deterioration or the need for other supportive measures such as Nitric Oxide therapy or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [ECMO]. Therefore, early diagnosis and adequate measures to improve the pulmonary blood flow are mandatory, important pre-operative measures in the management of these patients

Cirugía de la rotura de músculo papilar por infarto miocárdico / Surgery of post myocardial infarction papillary muscle rupture

Background: Papillary muscle rupture is a serious complication of myocardial infarction whose only treatment is surgery. Aim: To analyze our most recent surgical experíence with papillary muscle rupture. Patients and Methods: The datábase of our Service was reviewed for the period 1995-2005, to identify patients with papillary muscle rupture. Then, the clinical records and operating protocols were analyzed. Survival and functional class of patients were assessed. Results: Twelve patients (7 men), aged 52 to 89 years, had papillary muscle rupture. They represented 2.2 percent of all mitral procedures for mitral insufficiency and 8.8% of mitral surgeries for ischemic mitral regurgitation, during the study períod. In eight cases myocardial infarction was inferior, in three lateral and in one, anterior. In 10 patients, a mitral replacement was carried-out and in two the mitral valve was repaired. In seven patients, myocardial revascularization was performed. Mean lapse between infarction and surgery was 13.5 days (1 to 85). Two patients died in the perioperative period. Follow-up ranged from 1.7 to 120.4 months. Four patients died during follow-up, 2 due to a cardiovascular cause. Thus, at the end of follow-up 6 patients were alive. All were in functional class III. Conclusions: Papillary muscle rupture is an uncommon complication of myocardial infarction, with considerable operative and ¡ong-term mortality. However, survivors have good quality of life.

Rotura de válvula tricúspide con insuficiencia masiva secundaria a traumatismo torácico cerrado: caso clínico / Massive tricuspid valve insufficiency after blunt chest trauma: report of one case

Cardiac valve lesions after a blunt chest trauma are rare and less than 1 percent of cardiac lesions because of chest trauma affect the tricuspid valve. We report a 70 year-old female that suffered a severe chest trauma in a car accident. Duríng the repair of the múltiple skeletal lesions, the patient had a severe hemodynamic decompensation. A myocardial trauma with pericardial effusion and massive tricuspid insufficiency, due to anterior leaflet prolapse, was diagnosed on echocardiography. After discharge the patient remained in functional class II, with hepatomegaly, jugular ingurgitation and lower limb edema. A control echocardiogram, perfomed six months after the accident, showed dilatation of right heart chambers and massive tricuspid insufficiency. The patient was operated, and a tricuspid valve repair was performed suturing the ruptured papillary muscle to the ventricular wall and performing a triscuspid annuloplasty with a prosthetic ring. After 15 months of follow up, the patient remains asymptomatic.

Rotura de músculo papilar en el infarto miocárdico / Papillary muscle rupture in myocardial infarction

We report 9 patients with acute mitral regurgitation secondary to post-infarction papillary rupture operated between 1980 and 1992. Seven cases had posterior papillary muscle rupture. All patients were in critical conditions with pulmonary edema at the moment of surgery. In 8 cases, mitral valve replacement was performed (4 with mechanical prosthesis) and in 1, the value was repaired with papillary muscle reimplantation. Six cases were also subjected to myocardial revascularization with saphenous vein grafts. Two patients (22 percent) died during the postoperative period and 4 had postoperative complications. The seven survivors have been followed during 6 to 115 month. Of these, one died six months after surgery dur to congestive heart failure, 3 are in functional class I and the rest in functional class II. It is concluded that, although mitral valve replacement for papillary muscle rupture has a high operative mortality and morbidity, long term results are satisfactory

Detección ecocardiográfica de la ruptura de musculo papilar en el curso del infarto de miocardio / Echocardiographic detection of the rupture of papillary muscle in the course of myocardial infarction

Se efectúa una comunicación de un caso muy infrecuente de rotura del músculo papilar posteromedial del ventrículo izquierdo, debida a un infarto de miocardio muy localizado, que solamente involucró a dicho músculo papilar. La rotura del músculo papilar se diagnosticó por medio del ecocardiograma bidimensional (2D) y a causa de la grave insuficiencia mitral aguda, el paciente fue tratado exitosamente por medio del reemplazo de válvula mitral por una prótesis mecánica. Los autores describen los hallazgos ecocardiográficos 2D que permitiweron reconocer la rotura del músculo papilar, consistentes en la presencia de una masa con movimientos erráticos en el lugar que corresponde al músculo roto y alteraciones en el movimiento de la válvula mitral que se comporta con movimientos exagerados, sobrepasando en su cierre al anillo mitral y con falta de coaptación sistólica. Se analizan los motivos por los cuales dicha rotura no era evidente por medio de la ecocardiografía en modo M. El músculo papilar resecado estaba necrosado y el infarto de miocardio se atribuyó a una severa suboclusión de la arteria coronaria derecha que era de tipo dominante y que fue también tratada durante el acto quirúrgico por medio de un puente venoso