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Porcelain Aorta: Multislice Computed Tomography for Imaging of Aortic Arch Calcification and Modified Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

    Christoph Langer MD, Dieter Horstkotte & Thomas Butz

  2. Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Trappe & Thomas Butz

  3. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

    Georg Kleikamp

  4. Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

    Christoph Langer MD

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Langer, C., Horstkotte, D., Trappe, HJ. et al. Porcelain Aorta: Multislice Computed Tomography for Imaging of Aortic Arch Calcification and Modified Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Herz 34, 71–72 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-009-3171-3

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