Two cases of calcified amorphous tumor mimicking mitral valve vegetation.

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Published in Circulation on March 13, 2012

Authors

Mikiko Fujiwara1, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takako Iino, Yusuke Kobukai, Kazuyuki Ishibashi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kenji Iino, Fumio Yamamoto, Hiroshi Ito

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.

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