HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Trites, P. N. Articles by Gobel, F. L. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Trites, P. N. Articles by Gobel, F. L.

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 88, 301-302, Copyright © 1984 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

ARTICLES

Occlusion of Medtronic Hall mitral valve prosthesis by ruptured papillary muscle and chordae tendineae

PN Trites, JC Kiser, C Johnson, FJ Tycast and FL Gobel

A 63-year-old woman had an unusual, but lethal complication after mitral valve replacement. Six hours after the operation, the ruptured head of the posterior papillary muscle migrated between the valve ring and disc and caused the disc to be wedged tightly shut. This complication appears to be unique to a tilting disc prosthesis.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				M. Fijalkowski, A. Koprowski, R. Pawlaczyk, P. Siondalski, R. Galaska, J. Rogowski, and A. Rynkiewicz The disk of bileaflet mechanical mitral valve prosthesis jammed by ruptured papillary muscle. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., August 1, 2006; 132(2): 428 - 430. [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. G Akbari, P. K Varma, S. V Gadhinglajkar, and K. S Neelakandhan Late Entrapment of Ball and Cage Valve in Mitral Position Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann, February 1, 2006; 14(1): e1 - e3. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				P. Lemke, M. Roth, B. Kraus, S. Hohe, W. P. Klovekorn, and E. P. Bauer Ruptured papillary muscle after mitral valve replacement with preservation of chordae tendineae Ann. Thorac. Surg., October 1, 2001; 72(4): 1384 - 1386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]