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(Chest. 1974;65:206-207.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Cardiac Rupture

William H. Clark M.D.1 and Edward Byrne-Quinn M.B.1

1 Departments of Internal Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital and University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson

There appears to be an uncommon, perhaps fortuitous, association between interventricular septal rupture and either dysfunction or rupture of the posterior papillary muscle. Although the following case demonstrates both findings grossly, it serves to remind the clinician, surgeon and pathologist that recognition of one of thses defects should include a consideration of subtle defects in the other.






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