Unusual aspects of cardiac myxoma
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Unusual aspects of cardiac myxoma
A cardiac myxoma may manifest as miscellaneous and uncharacteristic presentations. These unusual aspects of cardiac myxomas can be rare clinical presentations, special patient populations, unusual locations, and special pathology, which may lead to a delayed diagnosis, improper checkups, and subsequent untimely treatment, eventually resulting in unexpected poor prognosis. Therefore, the diagnos...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2149-2263
DOI: 10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2017.7557