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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair for Acute Papillary Muscle Rupture During Pregnancy

  • Stephanie Nguyen
  • , Juan B Umana-Pizano
  • , Roopali Donepudi
  • , Abhijeet Dhoble
  • , Tom C Nguyen

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Abstract

Acute papillary muscle rupture during pregnancy is a rare cardiac condition with potential for 200% mortality. We describe a 28-year-old morbidly obese woman at 27 weeks gestation who presented with acute decompensated mitral regurgitation secondary to spontaneous papillary muscle rupture. After hemodynamic stabilization and caesarean delivery, we performed an emergent mitral valve repair through a minimally invasive right thoracotomy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e93-e95
JournalThe Annals of thoracic surgery
Volume107
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction/surgery
  • Humans
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Mitral Valve/diagnostic imaging
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Papillary Muscles/diagnostic imaging
  • Pre-Eclampsia
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/surgery
  • Rupture, Spontaneous/surgery
  • Thoracotomy

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