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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:1054-1055
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Giant renal cell carcinoma directly invading the heart

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
^b Department of Urology, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Received 20 December 2002; accepted 25 February 2003.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-312-996-6765; fax: +1-312-996-1214
e-mail: sschena@uic.edu

Key Words: Renal cell carcinoma • Tumor thrombus • TEE

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