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Vol 25, No 5 (2018)
Letters to the Editor — Clinical cardiology
Submitted: 2018-03-20
Accepted: 2018-07-07
Published online: 2018-10-30
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Giant left atrial myxoma hiding severe preoperative mitral regurgitation

Gregorio Laguna1, Nuria Arce1, Salvatore Di Stefano1, Barbara Segura1, Miriam Blanco1, Javier Castrodeza2, Yolanda Carrascal1
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Pubmed: 30394520
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Cardiol J 2018;25(5):652-654.
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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain.
  2. Department of Cardiology, Institute of Heart Sciences (ICICOR), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain

open access

Vol 25, No 5 (2018)
Letters to the Editor — Clinical cardiology
Submitted: 2018-03-20
Accepted: 2018-07-07
Published online: 2018-10-30

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Title

Giant left atrial myxoma hiding severe preoperative mitral regurgitation

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Cardiology Journal

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Vol 25, No 5 (2018)

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652-654

Published online

2018-10-30

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DOI

10.5603/CJ.2018.0134

Pubmed

30394520

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Cardiol J 2018;25(5):652-654.

Authors

Gregorio Laguna
Nuria Arce
Salvatore Di Stefano
Barbara Segura
Miriam Blanco
Javier Castrodeza
Yolanda Carrascal

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