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Severe left main coronary stenosis and mitral regurgitation in a young female patient without cardiovascular risk factors 14 years after mediastinal radiation therapy

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zürich, Raemistr. 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Christian Templin, Christophe Wyss, Thomas F. Lüscher, Philipp Kaufmann & Ulf Landmesser

  2. General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Jelena-Rima Ghadri

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Templin, C., Ghadri, JR., Wyss, C. et al. Severe left main coronary stenosis and mitral regurgitation in a young female patient without cardiovascular risk factors 14 years after mediastinal radiation therapy. Clin Res Cardiol 99, 199–201 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-009-0103-4

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