A patient develops Mitral Regurgitation following myocardial infarction. The likely cause for this complication is
High-Yield Explanation
(B) Rupture of chorda tendinae # MR is frequently secondary to ischemia.> Thus, it may occur as a consequence of ventricular remodeling or with fibrosis of a papillary muscle in patients with healed myocardial infarction.> It may develop acutely in patients with acute infarction involving the base of a papillary muscle.