External Mass Compressing the Left Atrium on Transthoracic Echocardiography

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Im, Eun-Joo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Oh, Su-Sung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Kang, Kyung-Mi (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Kim, Ji-Hoon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Moon, Keon-Woong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Yoo, Ki-Dong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Kim, Chul-Min (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)

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