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01-10-2018 | Letter to the Editors

Binge drinking alcohol with caffeinated “energy drinks”, prolonged emesis and spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a case report, review of the literature and postulation of a pathomechanism

Authors: Jonas Zacher, Erik May, Marc Horlitz, Simon Pingel

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 10/2018

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Title: Binge drinking alcohol with caffeinated “energy drinks”, prolonged emesis and spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a case report, review of the literature and postulation of a pathomechanism
Authors: Jonas Zacher
Erik May
Marc Horlitz
Simon Pingel
Publication date: 01-10-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 10/2018
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1262-y

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