Incidental Finding of Traumatic Papillary Muscle Rupture on Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiogram following a Motor Vehicle Accident. CASE (Phila) 2022 Feb;6(1):21-23
Date
03/05/2022Pubmed ID
35243195Pubmed Central ID
PMC8883070DOI
10.1016/j.case.2021.09.005Abstract
• Traumatic papillary muscle rupture is a rare cause of acute MR. • Acute MR is typically a low-velocity jet with a triangle-shaped Doppler spectrum. • Methods of quantification using the continuity equation may not be accurate in acute MR. • A high index of suspicion is required to detect acute papillary muscle rupture. • Consider MR with a hyperdynamic LV, near-systolic LV obliteration, and pulmonary edema.