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November 2014Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages 1399–1404
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Cardiac myxoma as a mimic: a diagnostic challenge☆

Alison W. Frizell
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George L. Higgins III
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2014.08.044
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