Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2020; 114(4 suppl 1): 47-56
Case 1/2020 – A 56 Year-Old Woman Developed Heart Failure after a Presumed Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mitral Valve Regurgitation with Rupture of Chordae Tendineae
Desiderio Favarato
, Luiz Alberto Benvenuti
Clinical aspects
A 55-year-old patient with arterial hypertension and heart failure for one year and with chest pain, had a cardiorespiratory arrest five months before, developed heart failure and mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse and rupture of chordae tendineae.
The diagnostic impression is that heart failure due to mitral valve disease preceded the episode of precordial pain and severe dyspnea.
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Case 1/2020 – A 56 Year-Old Woman Developed Heart Failure after a Presumed Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Mitral Valve Regurgitation with Rupture of Chordae Tendineae
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