| Literature DB >> 28752621 |
Nicholas James Whitehead1, Sheila Li2, Katy Lai3,4.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: zzm321990Staphylococcus aureuszzm321990; bacterial endocarditis; endocarditis; mitral regurgitation; papillary muscles; rupture
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28752621 DOI： 10.1111/echo.13640
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Echocardiography ISSN： 0742-2822 Impact factor: 1.724