Left Ventricular Dynamic Obstruction by Atypical Papillary Muscle Morphology: Is this Finding so Unusual in Clinical Practice?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-101

  de Gregorio, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; RARE DISEASES; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33846030831     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.08.044     Document Type: Letter

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