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Mycotic coronary artery aneurysm causing chest pain detected by transthoracic echocardiography: a potential blind spot of routine screening in parasternal short axis view

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  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan

    Toshimitsu Kato & Masami Murakami

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

    Noriaki Takama, Kazufumi Aihara, Tomonari Harada, Masaru Obokata & Masahiko Kurabayashi

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Kato, T., Takama, N., Aihara, K. et al. Mycotic coronary artery aneurysm causing chest pain detected by transthoracic echocardiography: a potential blind spot of routine screening in parasternal short axis view. J Med Ultrasonics 47, 649–651 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-020-01053-3

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