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Obstructive intramural coronary amyloidosis and papillary muscle rupture
  1. D Coisne,
  2. P Corbi,
  3. P Sosner
  1. Department of Cardiology, La Miletrie University Hospital, Poitiers, France
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr D Coisne, Department of Cardiology, La Miletrie University Hospital, Poitiers, France;
    d.coisne{at}chu-poitiers.fr

Abstract

Mitral papillary muscle rupture is usually caused by ischaemia as a complication of myocardial infarction. In a 76 year old patient with no significant disease or major cardiovascular risk factors, papillary muscle rupture was caused by obstructive intramural coronary amyloidosis, an unusual cause.

https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.2.e8

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      Heart 2003; 89 210-210 Published Online First: 01 Feb 2003. doi: 10.1136/heart.89.2.210