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. 1990 Nov;64(5):340–341. doi: 10.1136/hrt.64.5.340

Eustachian valve endocarditis.

I Vilacosta 1, J A San Roman 1, V Roca 1
PMCID: PMC1216818  PMID: 2245118

Abstract

M mode and cross sectional echocardiography showed a highly mobile globular pedunculated mass(3.0 cm long with a maximum diameter of i.5 cm) attached to the eustachian valve in a heroin addict with staphylococcal endocarditis.

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