The accessory papillary muscle with inferior J-waves---peculiarity or hidden danger?

Ker, James A.; Du Toit, Lorraine

dc.contributor.author	Ker, James A.
dc.contributor.author	Du Toit, Lorraine
dc.date.accessioned	2009-12-07T07:03:47Z
dc.date.available	2009-12-07T07:03:47Z
dc.date.issued	2009-10
dc.description.abstract	Originally described in 1953, today the so-called J-wave is the source of much controversy. As a marker of so-called "early repolarization", this variant has been regarded as a totally benign variant since the 1960's. However, since then a wealth of data have indicated that the J-wave may be a marker of a highly arrhythmogenic substrate with a resultant high risk of sudden cardiac death. In this case report a case of an accessory papillary muscle with a prominent J-wave is described. This may be the first of many possible cases where papillary muscle variants may be the cause of the J-wave.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Ker J & Du Toit, L 2009, 'The accessory papillary muscle with inferior J-waves---peculiarity or hidden danger?', Cardiovascular Ultrasound, vol. 7, no. 50. [http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/]	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0007-4853
dc.identifier.other	10.1186/1476-7120-7-50
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12196
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	BioMed Central	en_US
dc.rights	© 2009 Ker and du Toit; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.	en_US
dc.subject	Papillary muscle	en
dc.subject	J-waves	en
dc.subject	Hidden danger	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis	en
dc.title	The accessory papillary muscle with inferior J-waves---peculiarity or hidden danger?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US