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. 2023 Mar;20(1):53-56.
doi: 10.5114/kitp.2023.126101. Epub 2023 Apr 3.

Cardiac angiosarcoma: a formidable challenge

Daniele Trombetti  1 , Calogera Pisano  1 , Maria Sabrina Ferrante  1 , Laura Asta  1 , Claudia Altieri  1 , Paolo Nardi  1 , Dario Buioni  1 , Giovanni Ruvolo  1
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Cardiac angiosarcoma: a formidable challenge

Daniele Trombetti et al. Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol. 2023 Mar.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Transesophageal echocardiogram images of the mass occupying all the left atrium (A, B) until the inflow tract of the left ventricle (C)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computed tomography scan images (A, B) and reconstruction (C) of the mass in the left atrium
Figure 3
Figure 3
Intraoperative image of the mass in the left atrium (A), of the mass extraction (B) and of the two lobes of the mass (C–E)
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