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An unusual case of an obtuse marginal branch supplying the left ventricular apex

T Celik1, A Iyisoy, Z Arslan

  • 1Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik-Ankara, Turkey. benturgay@yahoo.com

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
|December 22, 2009
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