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Left main coronary artery stenosis after aortic valve replacement: genetic disposition for accelerated arteriosclerosis after injury of the intact human coronary artery?
Coronary artery disease - 1 Jul 1993
Winkelmann B R, Ihnken K, Beyersdorf F, Eckel L, Skupin M, März W, Herrmann G, Spies H, Schräder R, Sievert H
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BACKGROUND: Left main coronary artery stenosis is a rare but life-threatening complication after aortic valve replacement because of coronary perfusion-related trauma to the vessel wall with cannulation of the coronary ostia. We investigated whether this complication still occurs in the 1990s des...
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