Spontaneous bileaflet chordal rupture secondary to myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve

Echocardiography. 2014 Jul;31(6):E195-6. doi: 10.1111/echo.12573. Epub 2014 Mar 20.

Authors

Lutfi Ocal¹, Macit Kalcik, Cuneyt Toprak, Alev Kılıcgedik, Atilla Koyuncu, Gökhan Kahveci, Mehmet Ozkan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 24646217
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12573

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Chordae Tendineae / diagnostic imaging*
Chordae Tendineae / surgery
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Myxoma / complications*
Myxoma / diagnostic imaging*
Myxoma / surgery
Rupture
Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging
Rupture, Spontaneous / etiology
Rupture, Spontaneous / surgery
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography