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. 2019 Dec;27(12):639-640.
doi: 10.1007/s12471-019-1284-8.

Little devil takes your breath away

M A C Koole  1   2 , J A Winkelman  3 , A Kaya  3 , M A Beijk  4
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Little devil takes your breath away

M A C Koole et al. Neth Heart J. 2019 Dec.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

M.A.C. Koole, J.A. Winkelman, A. Kaya and M.A. Beijk declare that they have no competing interests.

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Transoesophageal echocardiographic imaging of left atrial myxoma a in systole and b in diastole, with prolapse of the tumour across the mitral valve. Coronary angiography of the right coronary artery (c, d) showing neovascularisation with a tumour blush (arrows)
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