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One of the oldest and most valuable applications of the echocardiogram is in the detection of left atrial tumors. We present a case here in which the echocardiogram resembled that of a myxoma, which subsequently proved to be a calcified mass attached to the posterior left atrial wall.
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© 1975 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Plenum Press, New York
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Phillips, B., Diethrich, E.B., Friedewald, V.E., Ellis, J. (1975). Calcified Intra-Atrial Mass Detected by M-Mode Echocardiography and Multi-Head Transducer Scanning: A Case Report. In: White, D. (eds) Ultrasound in Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4443-8_7
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