In utero thickening of the chordae tendinae. A cause of intracardiac echogenic foci. | Zendy

Schechter A G | Zendy; Fakhry J | Zendy; Shapiro L R | Zendy; Gewitz M H | Zendy

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In utero thickening of the chordae tendinae. A cause of intracardiac echogenic foci.

Author(s) -

Schechter A G,

Fakhry J,

Shapiro L R,

Gewitz M H

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

journal of ultrasound in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1550-9613

pISSN - 0278-4297

DOI - 10.7863/jum.1987.6.12.691

Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , asymptomatic , echogenicity , thickening , cardiology , in utero , fetus , gestation , chordae tendineae , pregnancy , anatomy , ultrasonography , surgery , mitral valve , chemistry , polymer science , biology , genetics

Asymptomatic hyperechoic foci were noted within the left cardiac ventricular chamber on the prenatal sonograms of 26 patients between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation. Their range of occurrence, the prenatal follow‐up in 12 patients and postnatal echocardiograms in six patients, indicate a clinically insignificant congenital anomaly associated with the chordae tendinae.

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