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Myocardial ischemia due to an isolated coronary fistula

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  1. Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Wetzlar, Forsthausstraße 1, 35578, Wetzlar, Germany

    Martin Brueck,  Dirk Bandorski &  Wilfried Kramer

  2. Klinik für Herz-, Kinderherz- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Standort Gießen, Rudolf-Buchheim-Straße 7, 35392, Gießen, Germany

    Paul R. Vogt &  Martin C. Heidt

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Brueck, M., Bandorski, D., Vogt, P.R. et al. Myocardial ischemia due to an isolated coronary fistula. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 550–553 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0418-3

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