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Impending paradoxical thromboembolism: thrombus caught in transit. A case report

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  1. Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Dresden, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    M. Forkmann, R. H. Strasser & H. Schrötter

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    S. M. Tugtekin

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Forkmann, M., Tugtekin, S.M., Strasser, R.H. et al. Impending paradoxical thromboembolism: thrombus caught in transit. A case report. Clin Res Cardiol 101, 497–498 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-012-0418-4

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