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The heart is not too noble to host a metastatic tumor! A right ventricle metastasis of a transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    J. L. Selder

  2. Department of Pathology, Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherland

    H. van Dekken

  3. Department of Cardiology, Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherland

    W. G. de Voogt

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Selder, J.L., van Dekken, H. & de Voogt, W.G. The heart is not too noble to host a metastatic tumor! A right ventricle metastasis of a transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Neth Heart J 23, 74–76 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-011-0212-3

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