ANTEROLATERAL PAPILLARY MUSCLE RUPTURE AS A RESULT OF SINGLE-VESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE WITHOUT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Aleksejus Zorinas, Donatas Austys, Vilius Janušauskas, Zita Butkienė, Rimantas Stukas, Robertas Stasys Samalavičius, Kęstutis Ručinskas Abstract The rupture of a papillary muscle is usually associated with the previous occurrence of myocardial infarction, but it may have another etiology. The authors of this article have found no reports about anterolateral papillary muscle rupture caused by a…

Cerebral Vascular Lesions Associated With Coronary Heart Disease

Evelina Marija Blažytė, Viltė Gabrielė Samsonė, Daina Krančiukaitė – Butylkinienė, Jūratė Dementavičienė Abstract In this study, we analyzed patients with coronary heart disease who underwent brain magnetic resonance tomography in order to determine cerebral vascular lesions associated with coronary heart disease and to evaluate the results. Retrospective study was carried out at Vilnius University Hospital,…