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Surgical treatment of multiple atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysms in a patient presenting with acute myocardial infarction

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  1. Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Erlangerallee 101, 07749, Jena, Germany

    Anas Aboud MD,  Torsten Bossert MD &  Jan Gummert MD

  2. Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Heinrich-Braun-Krankenhaus Zwickau, Karl-Keil-Straße 35, 08060, Zwickau, Germany

    Holger H. Sigusch

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Aboud, A., Bossert, T., Sigusch, H.H. et al. Surgical treatment of multiple atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysms in a patient presenting with acute myocardial infarction. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 45–48 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0453-0

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