High prevalence of false chordae tendinae in patients without left ventricular tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Gualano, Sarah K ^a   Bolling, Steven F ^a   Gordon, David ^a   Wilson, Allecia ^a   Bach, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b L3109 Women's 0273 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

False chords; Idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHORDA TENDINEA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUTOPSY; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33846318167     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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