European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on July 26, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm324
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Complete occlusion of the aortic isthmus
1 Department of Cardiology, Heart Centre, University of Leipzig, Strümpellstraße 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany
2 Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Heart Centre, University of Leipzig, Strümpellstraße 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany
* Corresponding author. Tel: +49 341 8651005; fax: +49 341 8651461. E-mail address: karsten.lenk@med.uni-leipzig.de
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A 44-year-old man was admitted to hospital with severe chest pain. The ECG showed a subacute myocardial infarction. An attempt of interventional revascularization from the femoral artery failed because the