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Coarctation of the aorta diagnosed by cardiac computed tomography angiography in a 49-year-old man presenting with acute myocardial infarction

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Aortic coarctation in patients with acute myocardial infarction is an uncommon finding, We report the case of a 49-year-old man with acute myocardial infarction and diagnosis of severe aortic coarctation in concomitance with a three-dimensional computed tomography scan.

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    1. Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 200065, Shanghai, China

      Danqun Xiong, Zhisong Chen & Wenjun Xu

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    Danqun Xiong and Zhisong Chen have contributed equally as joint first authors.

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    Xiong, D., Chen, Z. & Xu, W. Coarctation of the aorta diagnosed by cardiac computed tomography angiography in a 49-year-old man presenting with acute myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 32, 655–657 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-015-0808-6

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