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Preserved myocardial blood flow in the apical region involved in takotsubo cardiomyopathy by quantitative cardiac PET assessment

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Hasbak, P., Kjær, A., Skovgaard, D. et al. Preserved myocardial blood flow in the apical region involved in takotsubo cardiomyopathy by quantitative cardiac PET assessment. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 19, 169–171 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-011-9451-3

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