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Severe left main coronary stenosis in a young female patient, 6 years after mediastinal radiation therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma: assessment by coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound

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    Grigorios Korosoglou, Arnt V. Kristen, Martin Andrassy, Hugo A. Katus & Stefan E. Hardt

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Korosoglou, G., Kristen, A.V., Andrassy, M. et al. Severe left main coronary stenosis in a young female patient, 6 years after mediastinal radiation therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma: assessment by coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound. Clin Res Cardiol 101, 317–320 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-012-0413-9

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