[False chordae tendineae: incidence and clinical meaning].
The presence of false tendons (FT) was sought with M-mode and 2-D echocardiography in a consecutive series of 316 patients with a wide age range (13-73 yrs). FT were observed in 13 patients (4.1%), all of them in the left ventricular cavity. Their clinical significance is pointed out together with the possibility of diagnostic error with other pathological formations, particularly intracavitary thrombi.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011690:Purkinje Fibers
False corde tendinee: incidenza e significato clinico.