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. 2023 May 11:13:e2023432.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2023.432. eCollection 2023.

Biventricular false tendons

Stefano Tambuzzi  1 , Guendalina Gentile  1 , Federica Collini  2 , Riccardo Zoja  1
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Biventricular false tendons

Stefano Tambuzzi et al. Autops Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Autopsy; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; False tendon; Forensic Pathology.

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Conflict of interest: None.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. A - Macroscopic view of the heart, fixed in formalin and dissected. Anterior and posterior walls of the left ventricle are shown with evidence of numerous and diffuse foci of false tendons; B - Detail of the postero-lateral wall of the left ventricle with evidence of multiple false tendons that are predominantly transverse, have a branched morphology, and attach at multiple sites; C - Detail of a branched false tendon between the posterior papillary muscle and the endocardial surface of the left ventricle septal wall; D - Macroscopic view of the right ventricle, also characterized by the presence of multiple and diffuse foci of false tendons.
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