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papillary muscle

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papillary muscle [′pap·ə‚ler·ē ′məs·əl]
(anatomy)
Any of the muscular eminences in the ventricles of the heart from which the chordae tendineae arise.
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For right ventricular (RV) puncture a 5-0 polypropylene purse-string suture was placed on beating heart at carefully chosen location away from papillary muscles, and the septum.
Perventricular closure of muscular ventricular septal defect in an ... by Celiker, Alpay; Ozkutlu, Suheyla; Erdogan, Ilkay; Karagoz, Tevfik; Dogan, O Faruk; Demircin, Metin / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
Transesophageal echocardiography showed calcification of the endocardial surface of both papillary muscles and of the adjacent left ventricular wall as well as calcification of some mitral chordal structures (Fig.
Left ventricular endocardial calcification in a patient with ... by D'Cruz, Ivan A. / Southern Medical Journal
Midterm survival following repair of a giant left ventricular true aneurysm ruptured during operation and associated with papillary muscle rupture.
True left ventricular aneurysms and rupture/midterm survival ... by Tiryakioglu, Osman; Goncu, Tugrul; Cakici, Mehmet / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
 
 
 
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