False Tendon Rupture Mimicking Chorda Rupture

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 972.e5-972.e6

  Akçay, Murat ^a   Yeter, Ekrem ^a   Bilge, Mehmet ^a   Senkaya, Emine Bilen ^a   Bozkurt, Mehmet ^a   Keleş, Telat ^a   Durmaz, Tahir ^a   Davutoglu, Vedat ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; False tendon rupture; Valve and left ventricular anatomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; TENDON RUPTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 67749139735     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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