Department of Cardiology

Publications

  1. 2009
  2. PLTP activity is a risk factor for subsequent cardiovascular events in CAD patients under statin therapy: the AtheroGene study

    Schlitt, A., Blankenberg, S., Bickel, C., Lackner, K. J., Heine, G. H., Buerke, M., Werdan, K., Maegdefessel, L., Raaz, U., Rupprecht, H. J., Munzel, T. & Jiang, X-C., 04.2009, In: J LIPID RES. 50, 4, p. 723-729 7 p.

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  3. Interleukin-3 is elevated in patients with coronary artery disease and predicts restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

    Rudolph, T., Schaps, K-P., Steven, D., Koester, R., Rudolph, V., Berger, J., Terres, W., Meinertz, T. & Kaehler, J., 06.03.2009, In: INT J CARDIOL. 132, 3, p. 392-397 6 p.

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  4. Association of common variants in NPPA and NPPB with circulating natriuretic peptides and blood pressure

    Newton-Cheh, C., Larson, M. G., Vasan, R. S., Levy, D., Bloch, K. D., Surti, A., Guiducci, C., Kathiresan, S., Benjamin, E. J., Struck, J., Morgenthaler, N. G., Bergmann, A., Blankenberg, S., Kee, F., Nilsson, P., Yin, X., Peltonen, L., Vartiainen, E., Salomaa, V., Hirschhorn, J. N., Melander, O. & Wang, T. J., 03.2009, In: NAT GENET. 41, 3, p. 348-353 6 p.

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  5. New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3

    Erdmann, J., Grosshennig, A., Braund, P. S., König, I. R., Hengstenberg, C., Hall, A. S., Linsel-Nitschke, P., Kathiresan, S., Wright, B., Trégouët, D-A., Cambien, F., Bruse, P., Aherrahrou, Z., Wagner, A. K., Stark, K., Schwartz, S. M., Salomaa, V., Elosua, R., Melander, O., Voight, B. F., O'Donnell, C. J., Peltonen, L., Siscovick, D. S., Altshuler, D., Merlini, P. A., Peyvandi, F., Bernardinelli, L., Ardissino, D., Schillert, A., Blankenberg, S., Zeller, T., Wild, P., Schwarz, D. F., Tiret, L., Perret, C., Schreiber, S., El Mokhtari, N. E., Schäfer, A., März, W., Renner, W., Bugert, P., Klüter, H., Schrezenmeir, J., Rubin, D., Ball, S. G., Balmforth, A. J., Wichmann, H-E., Meitinger, T., Fischer, M., Meisinger, C., Baumert, J., Peters, A., Ouwehand, W. H., Deloukas, P., Thompson, J. R., Ziegler, A., Samani, N. J., Schunkert, H. & Italian Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Working Group, 03.2009, In: NAT GENET. 41, 3, p. 280-282 3 p.

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  6. Commentary: Circulating cytokines and risk stratification of stroke incidence--will we do better in future?

    Schnabel, R. B. & Blankenberg, S., 02.2009, In: INT J EPIDEMIOL. 38, 1, p. 261-262 2 p.

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  7. Cystatin C and cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary artery disease and normal or mildly reduced kidney function: results from the AtheroGene study

    Keller, T., Messow, C. M., Lubos, E., Nicaud, V., Wild, P. S., Rupprecht, H. J., Bickel, C., Tzikas, S., Peetz, D., Lackner, K. J., Tiret, L., Münzel, T. F., Blankenberg, S. & Schnabel, R. B., 02.2009, In: EUR HEART J. 30, 3, p. 314-320 7 p.

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  8. Nitro-fatty acid metabolome: saturation, desaturation, beta-oxidation, and protein adduction

    Rudolph, V., Schopfer, F. J., Khoo, N. K. H., Rudolph, T. K., Cole, M. P., Woodcock, S. R., Bonacci, G., Groeger, A. L., Golin-Bisello, F., Chen, C-S., Baker, P. R. S. & Freeman, B. A., 16.01.2009, In: J BIOL CHEM. 284, 3, p. 1461-1473 13 p.

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  9. Activated thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor levels are associated with the risk of cardiovascular death in patients with coronary artery disease: the AtheroGene study

    Tregouet, D. A., Schnabel, R., Alessi, M. C., Godefroy, T., Declerck, P. J., Nicaud, V., Munzel, T., Bickel, C., Rupprecht, H. J., Lubos, E., Zeller, T., Juhan-Vague, I., Blankenberg, S., Tiret, L., Morange, P. E. & AtheroGene Investigators, 01.2009, In: J THROMB HAEMOST. 7, 1, p. 49-57 9 p.

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  10. Cardiovascular consequences when nitric oxide and lipid signaling converge

    Rudolph, V. & Freeman, B. A., 2009, In: CIRC RES. 105, 6, p. 511-522 12 p.

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  11. Diastolic dysfunction in exercise and its role for exercise capacity

    Barmeyer, A., Müllerleile, K., Mortensen, K. & Meinertz, T., 2009, In: HEART FAIL REV. 14, 2, p. 125-134 10 p.

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  12. 2008
  13. The spectrum of syndromes and manifestations in individuals screened for suspected Marfan syndrome

    Rybczynski, M., Bernhardt, A. M. J., Rehder, U., Fuisting, B., Meiss, L., Voss, U., Habermann, C., Detter, C., Robinson, P. N., Arslan-Kirchner, M., Schmidtke, J., Mir, T. S., Berger, J., Meinertz, T. & von Kodolitsch, Y., 15.12.2008, In: AM J MED GENET A. 146, 24, p. 3157-3166 10 p.

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  14. Contribution of myeloperoxidase to smoking-dependent vascular inflammation

    Rudolph, T. K., Rudolph, V. & Baldus, S., 01.12.2008, In: ANN AM THORAC SOC. 5, 8, p. 820-823 4 p.

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  15. Chronic atrial fibrillation is a biatrial arrhythmia: data from catheter ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation aiming arrhythmia termination using a sequential ablation approach.

    Rostock, T., Steven, D., Hoffmann, B., Servatius, H., Drewitz, I., Sydow, K., Müllerleile, K., Ventura, R., Wegscheider, K., Meinertz, T. & Willems, S., 12.2008, In: CIRC-ARRHYTHMIA ELEC. 1, 5, p. 344-353 10 p., 5.

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  16. Die Behandlung von Vorhofflimmern im Alltag

    Meinertz, T. & Willems, S., 12.2008, In: INTERNIST. 49, 12, p. 1437-1442

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  17. The efficacy and safety of Crataegus extract WS 1442 in patients with heart failure: the SPICE trial

    Holubarsch, C. J. F., Colucci, W. S., Meinertz, T., Gaus, W., Tendera, M. & Survival and Prognosis: Investigation of Crataegus Extract WS 1442 in CHF (SPICE) trial study group, 12.2008, In: EUR J HEART FAIL. 10, 12, p. 1255-1263 9 p.

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  18. The German Competence Network on Atrial Fibrillation (AFNET)

    Breithardt, G., Dobrev, D., Doll, N., Goette, A., Hoffmann, B., Kirchhof, P., Köster, I., Kuck, K-H., Leute, A., Meinertz, T., Näbauer, M., Oeff, M., Ravens, U., Schuchert, A., Sprenger, C., Steinbeck, G. & Willems, S., 12.2008, In: HERZ. 33, 8, p. 548-555 8 p.

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  19. Aktuelle Therapiestrategien bei Vorhofflimmern

    Drewitz, I., Rostock, T., Hoffmann, B., Steven, D., Servatius, H., Meinertz, T., Willems, S. & Mitarbeit des Kompetenznetzes Vorhofflimmern (AFNET), 15.11.2008, In: MED KLIN-INTENSIVMED. 103, 11, p. 788-800

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  20. Bivalirudin decreases NO bioavailability by vascular immobilization of myeloperoxidase

    Rudolph, V., Rudolph, T. K., Schopfer, F. J., Bonacci, G., Lau, D., Szöcs, K., Klinke, A., Meinertz, T., Freeman, B. A. & Baldus, S., 11.2008, In: The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 327, 2, p. 324-331 8 p.

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  21. Robotic versus conventional ablation for common-type atrial flutter: a prospective randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of remote catheter navigation

    Steven, D., Rostock, T., Servatius, H., Hoffmann, B., Drewitz, I., Müllerleile, K., Meinertz, T. & Willems, S., 11.2008, In: HEART RHYTHM. 5, 11, p. 1556-1560 5 p.

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  22. Rhythm-'a-line-ment' during catheter ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation: the role of left atrial linear lesions

    Rostock, T. & Willems, S., 10.2008, In: EUR HEART J. 29, 19, p. 2321-2322 2 p.

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  23. How to assess the efficacy of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation? Reply.

    Steven, D. & Willems, S., 09.2008, In: EUR HEART J. 29, 17, p. 2184-2185 2 p.

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  24. Katheterablation bei Vorhofflimmern: wann bereits klinisch etabliert, wann noch experimentell?

    Willems, S., Hoffmann, B., Steven, D., Drewitz, I., Servatius, H., Müllerleile, K., Meinertz, T. & Rostock, T., 09.2008, In: HERZ. 33, 6, p. 402-411 10 p.

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  25. Fluoroscopy to assess late heart and lung perforation by a permanent ventricular pacemaker lead. A case complicated by isolated hemothorax

    Mortensen, K., Aydin, M. A., Goldmann, B., Deuse, T., Willems, S. & Ventura, R., 01.08.2008, In: INT J CARDIOL. 128, 1, p. 104-106 3 p.

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  26. Effects of continuous and triggered atrial overdrive pacing on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in pacemaker patients

    Schuchert, A., Rebeski, H-P., Peiffer, T., Bub, E., Dietz, A., Mortensen, K., Aydin, M. A., Camm, J., Gazarek, S., Meinertz, T. & 3:4 Study Group, 08.2008, In: PACE. 31, 8, p. 929-934 6 p.

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  27. First evidence for a crosstalk between mitochondrial and NADPH oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species in nitroglycerin-triggered vascular dysfunction

    Wenzel, P., Mollnau, H., Oelze, M., Schulz, E., Wickramanayake, J. M. D., Müller, J., Schuhmacher, S., Hortmann, M., Baldus, S., Gori, T., Brandes, R. P., Münzel, T. & Daiber, A., 08.2008, In: ANTIOXID REDOX SIGN. 10, 8, p. 1435-1447 13 p.

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  28. Plasma levels of myeloperoxidase are not elevated in patients with stable coronary artery disease

    Kubala, L., Lu, G., Baldus, S., Berglund, L. & Eiserich, J. P., 08.2008, In: CLIN CHIM ACTA. 394, 1-2, p. 59-62 4 p.

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  29. Atrial fibrillation begets atrial fibrillation in the pulmonary veins on the impact of atrial fibrillation on the electrophysiological properties of the pulmonary veins in humans

    Rostock, T., Steven, D., Lutomsky, B., Servatius, H., Drewitz, I., Klemm, H., Müllerleile, K., Ventura, R., Meinertz, T. & Willems, S., 03.06.2008, In: J AM COLL CARDIOL. 51, 22, p. 2153-2160 8 p.

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  30. Acceptance of telemonitoring to enhance medication compliance in patients with chronic heart failure

    Schmidt, S., Sheikzadeh, S., Beil, B., Patten, M. & Stettin, J., 06.2008, In: TELEMED E-HEALTH. 14, 5, p. 426-33 8 p.

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  31. A new algorithm for concealed accessory pathway localization using T-wave-subtracted retrograde P-wave polarity during orthodromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia

    Rostock, T., Sydow, K., Steven, D., Lutomsky, B., Servatius, H., Drewitz, I., Falke, V., Müllerleile, K., Ventura, R., Meinertz, T. & Willems, S., 06.2008, In: J INTERV CARD ELECTR. 22, 1, p. 55-63 9 p.

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  32. Glomerular filtration and coronary flow: is ADMA the faucet regulating both?

    Kielstein, J. T. & Sydow, K., 06.2008, In: AM J HYPERTENS. 21, 6, p. 601-602 2 p.

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  33. Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization

    Haïssaguerre, M., Derval, N., Sacher, F., Jesel, L., Deisenhofer, I., de Roy, L., Pasquié, J-L., Nogami, A., Babuty, D., Yli-Mayry, S., De Chillou, C., Scanu, P., Mabo, P., Matsuo, S., Probst, V., Le Scouarnec, S., Defaye, P., Schlaepfer, J., Rostock, T., Lacroix, D., Lamaison, D., Lavergne, T., Aizawa, Y., Englund, A., Anselme, F., O'Neill, M., Hocini, M., Lim, K. T., Knecht, S., Veenhuyzen, G. D., Bordachar, P., Chauvin, M., Jais, P., Coureau, G., Chene, G., Klein, G. J. & Clémenty, J., 08.05.2008, In: NEW ENGL J MED. 358, 19, p. 2016-2023 8 p.

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  34. Tachycardia induction mechanism: look for the invisible

    Rostock, T., Steven, D., Lutomsky, B., Drewitz, I., Servatius, H. & Willems, S., 04.2008, In: PACE. 31, 4, p. 487-489 3 p.

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  35. What is the real atrial fibrillation burden after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation? A prospective rhythm analysis in pacemaker patients with continuous atrial monitoring

    Steven, D., Rostock, T., Lutomsky, B., Klemm, H., Servatius, H., Drewitz, I., Friedrichs, K., Ventura, R., Meinertz, T. & Willems, S., 04.2008, In: EUR HEART J. 29, 8, p. 1037-1042 6 p.

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  36. Asymmetric dimethylarginine and cardiac allograft vasculopathy progression: modulation by sirolimus

    Potena, L., Fearon, W. F., Sydow, K., Holweg, C., Luikart, H., Chin, C., Weisshaar, D., Mocarski, E. S., Lewis, D. B., Valantine, H. A. & Cooke, J. P., 27.03.2008, In: TRANSPLANTATION. 85, 6, p. 827-833 7 p.

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  37. Characterization of electrograms associated with termination of chronic atrial fibrillation by catheter ablation

    Takahashi, Y., O'Neill, M. D., Hocini, M., Dubois, R., Matsuo, S., Knecht, S., Mahapatra, S., Lim, K-T., Jaïs, P., Jonsson, A., Sacher, F., Sanders, P., Rostock, T., Bordachar, P., Clémenty, J., Klein, G. J. & Haïssaguerre, M., 11.03.2008, In: J AM COLL CARDIOL. 51, 10, p. 1003-1010 8 p., 10.

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  38. Mechanisms underlying air aspiration in patients undergoing left atrial catheterization

    Franzen, O. W., Klemm, H., Hamann, F., Koschyk, D., von Kodolitsch, Y., Weil, J., Meinertz, T. & Baldus, S., 01.03.2008, In: CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 71, 4, p. 553-558 6 p.

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  39. Persistent, isolated pulmonary vein re-entry: inducibility, entrainment, and overdrive termination of a sustained tachycardia within an isolated pulmonary vein

    Drewitz, I., Steven, D., Lutomsky, B., Servatius, H., Willems, S. & Rostock, T., 03.2008, In: EUROPACE. 10, 3, p. 261-264 4 p.

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  40. Three-dimensional mapping of atypical right atrial flutter late after chest stabbing

    Steven, D., Rostock, T., Lutomsky, B. & Willems, S., 03.2008, In: PACE. 31, 3, p. 382-385 4 p.

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  41. Volume-outcome relation for contemporary percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in daily clinical practice: is it limited to high-risk patients? Results from the Registry of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitende Kardiologische Krankenhausarzte (ALKK)

    Zahn, R., Gottwik, M., Hochadel, M., Senges, J., Zeymer, U., Vogt, A., Meinertz, T., Dietz, R., Hauptmann, K. E., Grube, E., Kerber, S., Sechtem, U. & Registry of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitende Kardiologische Krankenhausarzte (ALKK), 03.2008, In: HEART. 94, 3, p. 329-335 7 p.

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  42. Papillary fibroelastomas of the heart

    Sydow, K., Willems, S., Reichenspurner, H. & Meinertz, T., 02.2008, In: THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 56, 1, p. 9-13 5 p.

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  43. Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and resting ECG abnormalities in an unselected general population

    Möhlenkamp, S., Schmermund, A., Lehmann, N., Roggenbuck, U., Dragano, N., Stang, A., Moebus, S., Beck, E-M., Schlüter, C., Sack, S., Meinertz, T., Taylor, A., Jöckel, K-H., Erbel, R. & Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigators, 02.2008, In: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 196, 2, p. 786-794 9 p.

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  44. Cluster of multiple atrial tachycardias limited to pregnancy after radiofrequency ablation following senning operation

    Risius, T., Mortensen, K., Meinertz, T. & Willems, S., 24.01.2008, In: INT J CARDIOL. 123, 3, p. e48-50

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  45. Diagnosis and management of Marfan syndrome

    von Kodolitsch, Y., Rybczynski, M., Detter, C. & Robinson, P. N., 01.2008, In: FUTUR CARDIOL. 4, 1, p. 85-96 12 p.

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  46. Sphingosine-1-phosphate and endothelin-1 induce the expression of rgs16 protein in cardiac myocytes by transcriptional activation of the rgs16 gene

    Stuebe, S., Wieland, T., Kraemer, E., Stritzky, A. V., Schroeder, D., Seekamp, S., Vogt, A., Chen, C-K. & Patten, M., 01.2008, In: N-S ARCH PHARMACOL. 376, 5, p. 363-373 11 p.

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  47. Assessment of myocardial viability in ischemic heart disease by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

    Müllerleile, K., Barmeyer, A., Groth, M. & Lund, G., 2008, In: MINERVA CARDIOANGIOL . 56, 2, p. 237-249 2.

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  48. Biphasic versus monophasic shock for external cardioversion of atrial flutter: a prospective, randomized trial

    Mortensen, K., Risius, T., Schwemer, T. F., Aydin, M. A., Köster, R., Klemm, H. U., Lutomsky, B., Meinertz, T., Ventura, R. & Willems, S., 2008, In: CARDIOLOGY. 111, 1, p. 57-62 6 p.

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  49. Comparison of quantitative coronary angiography and first-pass perfusion magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of an impaired coronary perfusion in nonsevere coronary stenosis.

    Barmeyer, A., Stork, A., Müllerleile, K., Schofer, A. K., Tiburtius, C., Köster, R., Heitzer, T., Adam, G., Meinertz, T. & Lund, G., 2008, In: J MAGN RESON IMAGING. 27, 5, p. 1005-1011 5.

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  50. Detection of mechanical ventricular asynchrony by high temporal resolution cine MRI.

    Müllerleile, K., Stork, A., Bansmann, P. M., Barmeyer, A., Dinkelacker, A., Baholli, L., Graessner, J., Köster, R., Adam, G. & Lund, G., 2008, In: EUR RADIOL. 18, 7, p. 1329-1337 7.

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  51. Myocardial contractile response to increasing doses of dobutamine in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

    Barmeyer, A., Stork, A., Bansmann, P. M., Müllerleile, K., Bavastro, M., Heuer, M., Adam, G., Meinertz, T. & Lund, G., 2008, In: CARDIOLOGY. 110, 3, p. 153-159 3.

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  52. Prediction of myocardial recovery by dobutamine magnetic resonance imaging and delayed enhancement early after reperfused acute myocardial infarction.

    Barmeyer, A., Stork, A., Bansmann, P. M., Müllerleile, K., Heuer, M., Bavastro, M., Adam, G., Meinertz, T. & Lund, G., 2008, In: EUR RADIOL. 18, 1, p. 110-118 1.

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