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Chest pain due to sternotomy wire suture in a patient with revascularized coronary heart disease

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Abbreviations

LAD:

Left anterior descending

LIMA:

Left internal mammary artery

ECG:

Electrocardiogram

CT:

Computed tomography

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  1. Klinik für Innere Medizin III (Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin), Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    Bettina J. Stuck, Rainer E. Dabew & Michael Boehm

  2. Klinik für Thorax- und Herz-Gefäß-Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Schaefers

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Stuck, B.J., Dabew, R.E., Schaefers, HJ. et al. Chest pain due to sternotomy wire suture in a patient with revascularized coronary heart disease. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 565–567 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0423-6

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