Acute chord rupture of the mitral valve posterior leaflet in heart failure progression in hypertensive patient with coronary heart disease and chronic obstructive lung disease

Abstract

Acute chord rupture of the mitral valve posterior leaflet is rare but serious cause of severe mitral valve insufficiency, acute heart failure manifestation or chronic heart failure progression and leads to difficulties in the differential diagnosis of the reasons of heart failure. Acute chord rupture in degenerative mitral valve disease should be suspected in older patients with left ventricular dysfunction and co-morbidities as a cause of heart failure.