Mitral valve chordal rupture masquerades as endocarditis

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-299

  Baird, C W ^a,b   Constantinos, C ^a   Lansford, E ^a   Pigula, F A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Sanger Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitral valve chordal rupture; Pediatric; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34250792819     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-006-0025-0     Document Type: Article

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