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Thrombolytic therapy for prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis

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  1. Universitätsklinik Göttingen, Abt. für Kardiologie, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany

    Peter Schott

  2. Medizinische Klinik I, St.-Bernward-Krankenhaus Hildesheim, Treibestr. 9, 31134, Hildesheim, Germany

    Karl Heinrich Scholz

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Schott, P., Scholz, K.H. Thrombolytic therapy for prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 413–417 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0394-7

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