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U C Hoppe1, M Böhm, R Dietz, P Hanrath, H K Kroemer, A Osterspey, A A Schmaltz, E Erdmann, Vorstand der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Kardiologie--Herz- und Kreislaufforschung e.V

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1: Universität zu Köln, Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937 Köln, Germany.

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