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Video 1: Subcostal view showing myocardial cyst at the apex and pericardial cysts at the side of right ventricule. (QuickTime.mov 0,7MB)
Video 2: Parasternal long and short axis view showing multiple cysts. (QuickTime.mov 1,3MB)
Video 4: Parasternal long and short axis view showing multiple cysts . (QuickTime.mov 0,8MB)
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Doğan, A., Aksoy, H. Pericardial, myocardial, and extracardiac cysts diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. Herz 38, 511–512 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-012-3716-8
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