A RARE BUT DEADLY DIFFERENTIAL: MARANTIC ENDOCARDITIS
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Right ventricular marantic endocarditis
Figure 1 (A and B) Right ventricular mass (arrowed) attached to the tricuspid valve chordae apparatus on echocardiography, in apical four-chamber view, and modified parasternal right ventricular inflow view respectively; (C and D) repeat echocardiogram demonstrating enlargement of the original mass and an additional mass (longer arrow), modified parasternal right ventricular i mass on computeri...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.290