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Query: UMLS:C0014118 (
endocarditis
)
15,629
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
We describe the clinical course of a 58-year-old man who died from acute papillary muscle rupture as a complication of clostridial sepsis. There was no evidence for myocardial infarction, infective
endocarditis
, prior chest trauma or other known causes of papillary muscle rupture. Histological specimens taken at autopsy demonstrated
clostridial infection
of the heart. To our knowledge the occurrence of papillary muscle rupture in the setting of clostridial sepsis has not yet been reported in the literature.
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PMID:Acute papillary muscle rupture in a patient with clostridial sepsis. 910 40
