The aortomitral angle is suspended by the anterior mitral basal "stay" chords

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 190-195

  Goetz, W A ^a   Lim, H S ^b   Lansac, E ^c   Weber, P A ^b   Birnbaum, D E ^a   Duran, Carlos M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior basal chordae tendinae; Aortomitral angle; Mitral valve; Sonomicrometry; Stay chords

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTOMITRAL ANGLE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHORDA TENDINEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CRYSTAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SONOMICROMETER; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; SHEEP;

EID: 0141926338     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42261     Document Type: Article

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