European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on July 4, 2008
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn320
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Disappearing left atrial mass with drainage of pericardial effusion
1 Cardiac Department, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Level 3, Main Building, Singapore 119074
2 National University Heart Centre, Singapore
3 Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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A 25-year-old female with history of intravenous drug abuse was admitted with tricuspid valve infective endocarditis. Echocardiogram demonstrated a large vegetative mass