Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 789-790 , July 2010

Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum Revisited

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PII: S0894-7317(10)00353-6

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.04.015

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 789-790 , July 2010

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