Choo MH, Chia BL, Wu DC, Tan AT, Ee BK. Anomalous chordae tendinae. A source of echocardiographic confusion.
Angiology 1982;
33:756-67. [PMID:
6215870 DOI:
10.1177/000331978203301108]
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Abstract
A unique instance of an anomalous chorda tendinae visualized in the left ventricular outflow tract during M-Mode and two-dimensional echocardiography, and subsequently confirmed during surgery for concomitant severe rheumatic valvular disease, is described. The M-Mode appearance can be confused with more serious forms of heart disease manifesting extraneous echoes in the outflow tract, and an approach to these echoes is described, based on a review of the literature.
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