Magnetic resonance imaging of the papillary muscles of the left ventricle: normal anatomy, variants, and abnormalities

Abstract Left ventricular papillary muscles are small myocardial structures that play an important role in the functioning of mitral valve and left ventricle. Typically, there are two groups of papillary muscles, namely the anterolateral and the posteromedial groups. Cardiovascular magnetic resonanc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Prabhakar Rajiah, Nicholas Lim Fulton, Michael Bolen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
Series:Insights into Imaging
Subjects:
CMR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13244-019-0761-3