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Echocardiography
; 34(9): 1382-1384, 2017 Sep.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28752621
RESUMEN
Rupture of papillary muscles due to infective endocarditis is a very rare event. We report a case of anterolateral papillary muscle rupture caused by Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, due to direct bacterial invasion of the papillary muscle, resulting in severe mitral regurgitation.