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The role of echocardiography and CT in the diagnosis of cardiac tumors

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A young male who presented with atypical chest pain was found to have a primary cardiac tumor. Chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, and echocardiographic findings can be nonspecific. Differential diagnosis and the role of different diagnostic modalities including echocardiogram, computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are discussed.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Rudolf A. Baumgartner, Sunil K. Das M.D., Michael Shea & Mary S. LeMire

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Barry H. Gross

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Baumgartner, R.A., Das, S.K., Shea, M. et al. The role of echocardiography and CT in the diagnosis of cardiac tumors. Int J Cardiac Imag 3, 57–60 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01801645

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