Mediastinal mass: a mystery of two rounded chambers.

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo College of Medicine, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

Published: May 2015

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