Double papillary muscle infarction related to right coronary artery occlusion: a case report

Ahmet Ümit Güllü; Ümit İnce; Eyüp Murat Ökten; Muharrem Koçyiğit; Aleks Değirmencioglu; Mehmet Hakan Akay; Şahin Şenay; Cem Alhan

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6337

Ahmet Ümit Güllü¹, Ümit İnce², Eyüp Murat Ökten¹, Muharrem Koçyiğit³, Aleks Değirmencioglu¹, Mehmet Hakan Akay¹, Şahin Şenay⁴, Cem Alhan⁴

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
²Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Acıbadem University, İstanbul, Turkey
³Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
⁴Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Acıbadem University, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6337

Posterior papillary muscle is involved more frequently than the anterior papillary muscle during acute myocardial infarction. However, infarction of both papillary muscles is very rare. In this article, we report a 62-year-old male case with bilateral papillary muscle infarction which was likely related to occlusion of the right coronary artery. Following a successful coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve replacement, the patient was discharged without any complication.

Keywords : Acute myocardial infarction; infarction of papillary muscle; occlusion of right coronary artery

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