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"Cardiac venous malformations, also known as cardiac haemangiomas, consist of a slow-flow venous malformation and are composed of numerous non-neoplastic endothelial-lined thin-walled channels with interspersed fat and fibrous septae."

Line 1:264 · This is a misspelling: use 'septa' rather than 'septae'.

List Punctuation

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"arteriovenous (composed of thick-walled dysplastic arteries, venous-like vessels, and capillaries)."

Line 16:94 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.

Optional Plurals

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"cardiac sarcoma(s)"

Line 64:19 · Do not use plurals in parentheses such as in 'sarcoma(s)'.

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Expected headings

H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Associations"

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"Complications"

Line 34:1 · "Complications" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Treatment and prognosis").

Commas

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"Mostly, cardiac haemangiomas are asymptomatic. However, they may cause a pericardial effusion, asymptomatic murmur, arrhythmia, haemopericardium or cardiac tamponade, complete heart block, or even sudden death. In addition, these tumours have been incriminated for neurological manifestations."

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Oxford Comma

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"Mostly, cardiac haemangiomas are asymptomatic. However, they may cause a pericardial effusion, asymptomatic murmur, arrhythmia, haemopericardium or cardiac tamponade, complete heart block, or even sudden death. In addition, these tumours have been incriminated for neurological manifestations."

Line 8:130 · Use the Oxford comma in 'arrhythmia, haemopericardium or cardiac'.

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