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Echocardiographic Findings in Rupture of Long False Tendons
Author(s) -
RIFKIN ROBERT D.,
HARPER KATHLEEN A.,
TIGHE DENNIS A.,
ELMANSOURY NASSER,
D'AMOURS JANET
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1996.tb00926.x
Subject(s) - endocardium , medicine , thrombus , anatomy , radiology , cardiology
Long left ventricular false tendons, which connect distant sites on the ventricular endocardium, are common incidental echocardiographic findings. We describe two cases in which rupture of such long false tendons produced unusual, highly mobile, intracavitary echo densities that could be mistaken for other important pathologies, such as thrombus or vegetation. The differentiation of ruptured long false tendons and intact short apical false tendons from other entities they may mimic is described.