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Video 1. Apical four chamber view of the transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrates a large, echolucent space at the right cardiophrenic angle next to the right atrium, suggestive of a pericardial cys (AVI 2MB)
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Bezgin, T., Elveran, A., Varol, S. et al. Pericardial cyst. Herz 39, 1005–1007 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3933-9
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