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Supplemental video. Transesophageal echocardiography. (A) Three masses can be observed on the lateral side, one on P1 and the others on the anterolateral commissure. (MPG 952 kb)
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Sawada, N., Nakao, T., Daimon, M. et al. Multiple calcified amorphous tumors in a patient with end-stage renal disease. J Echocardiogr 18, 125–126 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-019-00416-1
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