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Thrombosed cor triatriatum sinistrum mimicking left atrial mass and causing unilateral pulmonary edema

Carlos A Gonzalez Lengua1, Pirkash Kumar1, Matthew Cham1

  • 1Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
|November 6, 2015
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Atrial massAtrial myxomaCor triatriatum

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