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Myocardial bridging of the anterior interventricular coronary artery in the setting of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children and adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2009

Christian Sebening ,
Matthias Gorenflo ,
Herbert E. Ulmer  and
Konrad Brockmeier
Christian Sebening
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Matthias Gorenflo
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Herbert E. Ulmer
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Konrad Brockmeier*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
*
Dept. of Paediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of the University of Heidelberg, INF 153, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel: +49-6221-562348; Fax: +49-6221-565790; E-mail: konrad_brockmeier@med.uni-heidelberg.de
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , July 2002 , pp. 414 - 416
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