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Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum: A benign heart anomaly that may complicate transseptal puncture

Mateusz Dziarmaga1, Bartosz Żuchowski1, Andrzej Minczykowski1, Andrzej Wykrętowicz1

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