Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 832-833 , August 2001

More than just the “Q-tip sign”

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☆ Reprint requests: Roger L. Click, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 832-833 , August 2001

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