The violin heart

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 49-51

  Ker, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

False tendon; Papillary muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FALSE TENDON; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 77955398617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11795468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/117954681000400002     Document Type: Article

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