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Left atrial thrombus-like shadow—real or false

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Dharam Vira Heart Center, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, 110060, India

    Monish Sheshrao Raut & Arun Maheshwari

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Sujay Shad

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Raut, M.S., Maheshwari, A. & Shad, S. Left atrial thrombus-like shadow—real or false. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 30, 186–188 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-014-0286-9

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