Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 389-391 , October 2007

Giant Cardiac Myxoma

  • Peter Barlis, FRACP, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital, P.O. Box 5555, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Chelsea Wing, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 20 7351 8616; fax: +44 20 7351 8614 (United Kingdom); Tel.: +61 3 9496 5571; fax: +61 3 8405 8724 (Australia).
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  • Eu Jin Lim, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital, P.O. Box 5555, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia
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  • Paul J. Gow, FRACP, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Austin Hospital, P.O. Box 5555, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia
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  • Siven Seevanayagam, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin Hospital, P.O. Box 5555, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia
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  • Paul Calafiore, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital, P.O. Box 5555, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia
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  • Robert K. Chan, FRACP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital, P.O. Box 5555, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00194-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.08.009

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 389-391 , October 2007

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