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Left atrial thrombus resembling myxoma during sinus rhythm in a patient with mitral stenosis

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  1. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, 2-1, Kido-higashi cho, Kawachi-Nagano, Osaka, Japan

    Yu Morishita & Yoshinori Yasuoka

  2. Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachi-Nagano, Osaka, Japan

    Yoshihiko Hoshida

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Morishita, Y., Yasuoka, Y. & Hoshida, Y. Left atrial thrombus resembling myxoma during sinus rhythm in a patient with mitral stenosis. J Echocardiogr 20, 238–239 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-021-00522-z

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