"Chordae Tendineae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The tendinous cords that connect each cusp of the two atrioventricular HEART VALVES to appropriate PAPILLARY MUSCLES in the HEART VENTRICLES, preventing the valves from reversing themselves when the ventricles contract.
| Descriptor ID |
D002815
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.510.240
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chordae Tendineae" by people in Profiles.
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Normal distribution of melanocytes in the mouse heart. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 2005 Aug; 285(2):748-57.
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Mitral valve replacement with and without chordal preservation in patients with chronic mitral regurgitation. Mechanisms for differences in postoperative ejection performance. Circulation. 1992 Dec; 86(6):1718-26.
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Left ventricular mechanics and myocyte function after correction of experimental chronic mitral regurgitation by combined mitral valve replacement and preservation of the native mitral valve apparatus. Circulation. 1992 Nov; 86(5 Suppl):II16-25.
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Echocardiographic equivalents of a flail mitral leaflet. Am J Cardiol. 1977 Nov; 40(5):802-7.