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(Circulation. 1962;26:1329.)
© 1962 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Mitral Insufficiency Resulting from Rupture of Normal Chordae Tendineae

Report of a Surgically Corrected Case

L. E. JANUARY M.D.¹; JUNE M. FISHER M.D.¹; J. L. EHRENHAFT M.D.¹

¹ From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Mitral insufficiency resulting from rupture of normal chordae tendineae occurs and can be recognized. It is subject to surgical repair. A patient with refractory cardiac failure due to mitral insufficiency on this basis has been totally rehabilitated by surgical repair of the valvular restraining mechanism.

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