Echocardiographic findings in rupture of long false tendons: Report of two cases

Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 499-502

  Rifkin, Robert D ^a   Harper, Kathleen A ^b   Tighe, Dennis A ^b   Elmansoury, Nasser ^b   D'Amours, Janet ^b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

echocardiography; false tendons in left ventricle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 0029834298     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00926.x     Document Type: Article

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