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Detection of a persistent left superior vena cava by echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine III, Martin Luther-University, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany

    Michael Buerke, Konstantin Heinroth, Karl Werdan &  Axel Schlitt MD

  2. Department of Radiology, Martin Luther-University, 06120, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

    Dietrich Stoevesandt, Curd Behrmann & Rolf P. Spielmann

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Stoevesandt, D., Buerke, M., Behrmann, C. et al. Detection of a persistent left superior vena cava by echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 191–192 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0492-1

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