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The diagnosis of mobile left atrial tumors has been greatly facilitated in recent years by M-mode echocardiography [1]. But the success of this technique often depends upon the tumor’s passing through the orifice of the mitral valve during diastole.
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Schweizer, P., Effert, S. (1980). Two-dimensional Echocardiography in Left Atrial Tumors. In: Bleifeld, W., Effert, S., Hanrath, P., Mathey, D.G. (eds) Evaluation of Cardiac Function by Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67626-0_24
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