Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 756-758 , July 2002

Cardiac tuberculosis with multiple intracardiac masses: A case report

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PII: S0894-7317(02)00031-7

doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.119846

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 756-758 , July 2002

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