Bilateral cardiac myxomas and peripheral myxomas in a patient with recent myocardial infarction
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Surgical experience with cardiac myxomas.
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Cardiology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0002-9149
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(79)90300-x