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Acute mitral regurgitation with papillary muscle rupture in a dog
P M Kaplan1, P R Fox, M S Garvey
1Department of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA 01536.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Papillary muscle rupture is uncommon in the dog. Two-dimensional echocardiography provides a rapid, noninvasive test in the diagnosis of acute, severe mitral regurgitation resulting from papillary muscle rupture. This report illustrates the usefulness of echocardiography to determine the cause of acute mitral regurgitation.