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Floating and entangled long right atrial thrombus mimicking myxoma

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, 2-1001-1 Kubara, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8562, Japan

    Seiji Matsukuma, Hiroshi Yamaguchi & Masayoshi Hamawaki

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Matsukuma, S., Yamaguchi, H. & Hamawaki, M. Floating and entangled long right atrial thrombus mimicking myxoma. J Echocardiogr 8, 146–147 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-010-0050-0

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