ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN RUPTURE OF LONG FALSE TENDONS - REPORT OF 2 CASES

Authors
RIFKIN RD HARPER KA TIGHE DA ELMANSOURY N DAMOURS J
Citation
Rd. Rifkin et al., ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN RUPTURE OF LONG FALSE TENDONS - REPORT OF 2 CASES, Echocardiography, 13(5), 1996, pp. 499-502
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
07422822
Volume
13
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
499 - 502
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(1996)13:5<499:EFIROL>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Long left ventricular false tendons, which connect distant sites on. t he ventricular endocardium, are common incidental echocardiographic fi ndings. We describe two cases in which rapture of such long false tend ons produced unusual, highly mobile, intracavitary echo densities that could be mistaken for other important pathologies, such as thrombus o r vegetation. The differentiation of ruptured long false tendons and i ntact short apical false tendons from other entities they may mimic is described.