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  • Title: Traumatic papillary muscle rupture.
    Author: Simmers TA, Meijburg HW, de la Rivière AB.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 2001 Jul; 72(1):257-9. PubMed ID: 11465192.
    Abstract:
    Papillary muscle rupture caused by blunt chest trauma is a relatively rare cause of mitral incompetence. To date only 25 cases of surgically corrected posttraumatic mitral regurgitation have been reported, of which only eight resulted from rupture of the anterolateral papillary muscle.
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