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      07-02-2020, 10:28 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by NorthCountryGuy View Post
More commonly a valve ‘gets blown’ due to an infarct (standard blockage in a coronary artery). The chordae tendinae that anchor the valve cusp to the heart muscle itself becomes detached as the heart muscle had died due to the myocardial infarct. Likely had the MI days ago while feeling crappy and this segment of heart muscle died resulting in the valve issue.
He had a small blockage on RCA but nothing significant.
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