Incidence and characteristics of left ventricular false tendons and trabeculations in the normal and pathologic heart by second harmonic echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-374

  Tamborini, Gloria ^a,b   Pepi, Mauro ^a   Celeste, Fabrizio ^a   Muratori, Manuela ^a   Susini, Francesca ^a   Maltagliati, Anna ^a   Veglia, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE; TENDON; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3042836086     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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