[HTML][HTML] Left ventricular false tendons: echocardiographic, morphologic, and histopathologic studies and review of the literature

S Philip, KM Cherian, MH Wu, HC Lue - Pediatrics & Neonatology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular false tendons (LVFTs) are fibrous or fibromuscular bands
stretching across the left ventricle (LV) from the ventricular septum to the papillary muscle or …

Cardiac ventricular false tendons: A meta‐analysis

M Carrasco, TMS Cabrito, MJ Montalbano… - Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ventricular false tendons are fibromuscular structures that travel across the ventricular
cavity. Left ventricular false tendons (LVFTs) have been examined through gross dissection …

Epidemiology of left ventricular false tendons: clinical correlates in the Framingham Heart Study

S Kenchaiah, EJ Benjamin, JC Evans, J Aragam… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to describe the echocardiographic characteristics and
investigate the clinical correlates and prognostic significance of left ventricular false tendons …

Echocardiographic and morphologic examination of left ventricular false tendons in human and animal hearts

M Kervancioğlu, D Őzbağ… - … Anatomy: The Official …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
False tendons are thin, fibrous or fibromuscular structures that traverse the cavity of the left
ventricle with no connection to the valvular cusps; they may be single or multiple. We …

Morphologic study of left ventricular bands

M Deniz, M Kilinc, ES Hatipoglu - Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2004 - Springer
The presence of left ventricular bands has drawn attention to their possible clinical
importance, though there are no concrete data to support their role in serious clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Protective role of false tendon in subjects with left bundle branch block: A virtual population study

M Lange, LY Di Marco, K Lekadir, T Lassila… - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
False tendons (FTs) are fibrous or fibromuscular bands that can be found in both the normal
and abnormal human heart in various anatomical forms depending on their attachment …

Basic study and clinical implications of left ventricular false tendon. Is it associated with innocent murmur in children or heart disease?

FS Ferrer, MLS Ferrer, MDG Murcia, MS Ferrer… - Revista Española de …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction and objectives Left ventricular false tendon is a structure of unknown function in
cardiac physiology that was first described anatomically by Turner. This condition may be …

Left ventricular false tendons: echocardiographic characteristics in the Polish population

S Pisiak, K Dorniak, M Hellmann… - Folia …, 2015 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background: False tendon (FT) is described in a wide range (40% to 62%) of the examined
hearts depending on age and additional heart abnormalities. On echocardiography, the …

Echogenic focus in the fetal left ventricular cavity: is it a false tendon?

N Altug, AN Danisman - Early human development, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To draw attention to the left ventricular false tendon which can be
misinterpreted as echogenic focus in the fetus. METHODS: The study group consisted of 9 …

[PDF][PDF] Ventricular false tendons in human hearts, an autopsy study of the incidence, morphology, histology, and distribution in Basrah City

NM Abdullah, MA Hazza… - Biomedical & …, 2019 - faculty.uobasrah.edu.iq
The left ventricular false tendons (LVFTs) are fibrous or fibromuscular bands crossing the left
ventricle in human hearts, they arise mainly from the ventricular septum to the free wall or to …