Case 12-2022: A 41-Year-Old Woman with Transient Ischemic Attack and Mitral Valve Masses.

N Engl J Med

From the Departments of Medicine (M.A.M., E.Y., A.M.J.), Radiology (S.P.R.), Neurology (A.B.S.), Obstetrics and Gynecology (C.A.C.), and Pathology (S.N.U.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (M.A.M., E.Y., A.M.J.), Radiology (S.P.R.), Neurology (A.B.S.), Obstetrics and

Published: April 2022


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