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. 2021 Sep;19(3):183-184.
doi: 10.1007/s12574-020-00471-z. Epub 2020 May 4.

Volcano-like ruptured posterior mitral valve aneurysm due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae

Satoshi Kobara  1 , Nobuhiko Haruki  2 , Rikuto Nii  3 , Yuko Watanabe  4 , Daiki Tsujimoto  1 , Yuhei Saito  3 , Kinya Shirota  1
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Volcano-like ruptured posterior mitral valve aneurysm due to infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae

Satoshi Kobara et al. J Echocardiogr. 2021 Sep.
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