The accessory papillary muscle with inferior J-waves---peculiarity or hidden danger?
dc.contributor.author | Ker, James A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Du Toit, Lorraine | |
dc.contributor.email | lorraine.dutoit@med.up.ac.za | en_US |
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 |