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Obstructive right ventricular rhabdomyoma was diagnosed by echocardiography and angiocardiography and successfully removed in two infants with no cardiovascular symptoms.
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Supported in part by the Feldstein Family Heart Research Fund and the Walden W. Shaw Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
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Riggs, T.W., Ilbawi, M., DeLeon, S. et al. Echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular rhabdomyoma in two infants. Pediatr Cardiol 3, 31–34 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082328
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