| Author/Editor | Černič-Šuligoj, Nataša | |
| Title | Akutno levostransko popuščanje srca zaradi spontanega raztrganja hord mitralne zaklopke | |
| Translated title | Acute left ventricular heart failure due to spontaneous rupture of mitral chorde tendineae | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | In: Bručan A, Gričar M, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja 5. Zbornik 6. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 1999 jun 16-19; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino, | |
| Publication year | 1999 | |
| Volume | str. 379-82 | |
| Language | slo | |
| Abstract | The author reports on a patient with acute left ventricular heart failure. On initial presentation the auscultatory finding was with exception of tachycardia unremarkable. Transthoracic echcardiography showed severe mitral regurgitation. On transesophageal echocardiography rupture of chordae tendineae was established. She underwent urgent surgery with implantation of a mitral valvular prothesis. | |
| Descriptors | HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY CHORDAE TENDINEAE AGED ACUTE DISEASE |