Kapita, B M
Timmermans, G
Chalant, Charles
[UCL]
Kremer, René
[UCL]
Twenty-seven cases of ruptured chordae tendineae have been discovered during surgery for mitral regurgitation (9,3 %) : the highest incidence of ruptured chordae tendineae has been found among pure mitral insufficiency (36 %). In thirteen cases, the rupture was isolated, without any other valvular lesion. The syndrome described as characteristic of rupture was present in one third of our patients : isolated cases do not differ clinically from the others but for a more frequent acute evolution. In pure or predominant mitral regurgitation, surgery seems needed when clinical aggravation, acute or progressive, cannot be explained by arrhythmia, anaemia, pulmonary embolism, hyperthyroidism.
Bibliographic reference |
Kapita, B M ; Timmermans, G ; Chalant, Charles ; Kremer, René. La rupture des cordages mitraux. In: Acta cardiologica, Vol. 30, no. 1, p. 17-33 (1975) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/28069 |