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Circulation. 1964;30:588-591

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(Circulation. 1964;30:588.)
© 1964 American Heart Association, Inc.

Rupture of a Papillary Muscle of the Tricuspid Valve Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Report of a Case

SHLOMO EISENBERG M.D.1 JOE SUYEMOTO M.D.1

1 From the Departments of Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

A case of rupture of a tricuspid papillary muscle due to myocardial infarction, apparently the first to be reported in the English literature, is presented. Anatomic, physiologic, and pathologic reasons for the rarity of such a rupture are advanced.






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