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Chorda
(redirected from Chordae tendineae)

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Chor´da
n.1.(Anat.) A cord.
Chorda dorsalis
(Anat.) See Notochord.


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1) Rupture of mitral chordae tendineae may result in severe mitral regurgitation, and may cause pulmonary edema.
Histologically, the valve architecture is intact, with encasement of the leaflets and chordae tendineae by a stuck-on, plaquelike lesion made up of myofibroblasts in a myxoid extra-cellular matrix.
 
 
 
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