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[Foreign body causing coronary artery occlusion].

B István·S Miklós
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Authors in the descending branch of the left coronary at the autopsy of a 45 years old male--as an incidental finding--have found a foreign-body (sewing needle). Occlusion of the coronary was followed by necrosis and fibrosis of the myocard. During one year no clinical symptoms of myocard lesion were observed.

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B István, S Miklós. 1976. [Foreign body causing coronary artery occlusion].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/940572/

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