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Emergency coronary angiography with gadolinium in a patient with thyrotoxicosis, pulmonary embolism and persistent right atrial thrombi

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  1. Klinik für Kardiologie, HELIOS-Klinikum Schwerin, Wismarsche Straße 393–397, 19055, Schwerin, Germany

    Dierk Werner &  Bernhard Graf

  2. Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Campus Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Martin Misfeld &  Hans-Hinrich Sievers

  3. II. Medizinische Klinik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Matthias Regenfus

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Werner, D., Misfeld, M., Regenfus, M. et al. Emergency coronary angiography with gadolinium in a patient with thyrotoxicosis, pulmonary embolism and persistent right atrial thrombi. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 418–421 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0395-6

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