Primary left atrial angiosarcoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis (original) (raw)
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Giant left atrial myxoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis and severe pulmonary hypertension
International Archives of Medicine, 2013
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Giant Right Atrial Myxoma with Symptoms of Right Heart Failure
Medical Archives, 2021
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Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2004
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Angiosarcomas of the interatrial septum mimicking atrial myxomas
Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography, 1996
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