Valsalva Aneurysm Filled with Thrombi Mimicking a Cardiac Tumor
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Lee, Yasuharu
(Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital)
Mori, Naoki (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Nakamura, Daisuke (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Yoshimura, Takahiro (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Taniike, Masayuki (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Makino, Nobuhiko (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Kato, Hiroyasu (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Egami, Yasuyuki (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Shutta, Ryu (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Tanouchi, Jun (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Yamada, Yoshio (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) Nishino, Masami (Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital) |
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