Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 746-748 , July 2002

Mitral valve thrombus mimicking a primary tumor in the antiphospholipid syndrome

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☆ Reprint requests: Dr John Gelman, Cardiology Department, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.

PII: S0894-7317(02)00028-7

doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.118914

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 746-748 , July 2002

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