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Syncope and Cardiac Arrhythmias Caused by a Paratracheal Mass

Sean D. Clayton, Connor Eckholdt, Navdeep Samra, James Cotelingam, Paari Dominic and Vyas R. Rao
Ochsner Journal September 2023, 23 (3) 248-250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.23.0032
Sean D. Clayton
1Department of Surgery, Ochsner LSU Health–Shreveport Academic Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
MD
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Connor Eckholdt
1Department of Surgery, Ochsner LSU Health–Shreveport Academic Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
MD
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Navdeep Samra
1Department of Surgery, Ochsner LSU Health–Shreveport Academic Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
MD, FACS
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James Cotelingam
2Department of Pathology, Ochsner LSU Health–Shreveport Academic Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
MD
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Paari Dominic
3Department of Cardiology, Ochsner LSU Health–Shreveport Academic Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
MBBS, MPH
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Vyas R. Rao
1Department of Surgery, Ochsner LSU Health–Shreveport Academic Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
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Sean D. Clayton, Connor Eckholdt, Navdeep Samra, James Cotelingam, Paari Dominic, Vyas R. Rao
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Sean D. Clayton, Connor Eckholdt, Navdeep Samra, James Cotelingam, Paari Dominic, Vyas R. Rao
Ochsner Journal Sep 2023, 23 (3) 248-250; DOI: 10.31486/toj.23.0032
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