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Atypical form of left ventricular noncompaction resembling mass appearance in papillary muscles

Atypisches Bild einer linksventrikulären Non-Compaction-artigen Raumforderung in den Papillarmuskeln

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Cagliyan, C., Akilli, R., Deniz, A. et al. Atypical form of left ventricular noncompaction resembling mass appearance in papillary muscles. Herz 40, 76–78 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3903-2

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