A Case of Infected Left Atrial Myxoma With Concomitant Mitral Valve Endocarditis
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Chang, Jae-Hee
(Division of Cardiology, Samyook Medical Center)
Kim, Jeong-Yeon (Division of Infection, Samyook Medical Center) Yoon, Jin-Won (Division of Cardiology, Samyook Medical Center) Seol, Myung-Do (Division of Cardiology, Samyook Medical Center) Won, Dong-Jun (Division of Cardiology, Samyook Medical Center) Cho, Wook-Hyun (Division of Cardiology, Samyook Medical Center) Lee, Jae-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, Samyook Medical Center) Jo, Hye-Jae (Department of Internal Medicine, Pathology, Samyook Medical Center) |
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