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Pericardial, myocardial, and extracardiac cysts diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography

Diagnose von perikardialen, myokardialen und extrakardialen Zysten mittels transthorakaler Echokardiographie

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Additional material onlineThis article includes four additional videos. You will find this supplementary material at dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00059-012-3716-8

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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 3: Subcostal view disclosing large, multivesicular and calcified mass in the liver tissue. (QuickTime.mov 0,9MB)

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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