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Elongated xiphoid process misleading the pericardiocentesis site
Iwanari Kawamura1, Seiji Fukamizu1, Rintaro Hojo1
1Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, 2 - 34 -10 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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