A report of an asymptomatic cardiac hemangioma in a middle-aged man is presented. This is followed by a literature review of mediastinal hemangiomas.
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510060, P.R. China.
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