Acute mitral regurgitation caused by papillary muscle rupture in the immediate postpartum period revealing Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 680-681

  Sève, Pascal ^a   Dubreuil, Olivier ^a   Farhat, Fadi ^a   Plauchu, Henry ^a   Touboul, Paul ^a   Broussolle, Christiane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RUPTURE; SCAR FORMATION; SHOCK; SKIN BRUISING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 14644434400     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.041     Document Type: Article

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