Catheter-based fixation of the mitral valve after acute papillary muscle rupture: a new technique for temporary hemodynamic stabilization

J Sochman; J Vrbská; P Frídl; v Vasková; V Stanek; P Pavel; J Sedlácek

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199904)46:4<446::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-X

Catheter-based fixation of the mitral valve after acute papillary muscle rupture: a new technique for temporary hemodynamic stabilization

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 1999 Apr;46(4):446-9. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199904)46:4<446::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-X.

Authors

J Sochman¹, J Vrbská, P Frídl, v Vasková, V Stanek, P Pavel, J Sedlácek

Affiliation

¹ Coronary Care Unit, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.

PMID: 10216013
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199904)46:4<446::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-X

Abstract

We describe a new, catheter-based method for temporary management of hemodynamic instability after papillary muscle rupture in a patient with an acute myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / therapy*
Hemodynamics / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve*
Papillary Muscles*