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Multiple calcified amorphous tumors in a patient with end-stage renal disease

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Naoko Sawada & Issei Komuro

  2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Tomoko Nakao & Masao Daimon

  3. Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Kan Nawata

  4. Department of Pathology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Mariko Tanaka

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Supplemental video. Transesophageal echocardiography. (A) Three masses can be observed on the lateral side, one on P1 and the others on the anterolateral commissure. (MPG 952 kb)

Supplemental video. Transesophageal echocardiography. (B) One mass was present on A3. (MPG 1172 kb)

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Sawada, N., Nakao, T., Daimon, M. et al. Multiple calcified amorphous tumors in a patient with end-stage renal disease. J Echocardiogr 18, 125–126 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-019-00416-1

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