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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: an essential diagnostic aid in suspected myocardial re-infarction in a 40 year old woman

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    Günter Pilz MD, FESC, Peter Bernhardt MD, Elisabeth Harrer MD, Markus Klos MD & Berthold Höfling MD, FESC

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Pilz, G., Bernhardt, P., Harrer, E. et al. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: an essential diagnostic aid in suspected myocardial re-infarction in a 40 year old woman. Clin Res Cardiol 97, 280–283 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0632-7

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