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Sudden death due to pulmonary embolism from right atrial myxoma

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Fracasso, T., Varchmin-Schultheiss, K. Sudden death due to pulmonary embolism from right atrial myxoma. Int J Legal Med 123, 157–159 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-008-0312-9

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