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Taut and click: an unusual left ventricular false tendon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

Arif Hussain ,
Robert H. Anderson  and
Santokh S. Dhillon Open the ORCID record for Santokh S. Dhillon [Opens in a new window]
Arif Hussain
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Dalhousie University, IWK Children’s Heart Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Robert H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Santokh S. Dhillon*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Dalhousie University, IWK Children’s Heart Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
Correspondence to: Dr S. S. Dhillon, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Dalhousie University, IWK Children’s Heart Centre, 5850 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K6R8. Tel: 902 470 8197; Fax: 902 470 6616; E-mail: Santokh.Dhillon@iwk.nshealth.ca
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Abstract

A case of an asymptomatic child presenting with persistent systolic ejection click and found to have an unusual left ventricular false tendon attached to aortic valve that has not been described previously and may be responsible for the click.

Keywords

Left ventriclefalse tendonejection click
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 7 , October 2016 , pp. 1435 - 1437
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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