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Commentary on myocardial stunning and its clinical relevance

  • Focussed Issue: Myocardial Stunning
  • Clinical Relevance: Hibernation VS. Stunning
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  1. Cattedra di Cardiologia, Universita' degli Studi di Brescia, c/o Spedali Civili P. le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

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This work was supported by National Research Council (C.N.R.)—targeted project “Prevention and Control Disease Factors” n. 93.00656. PF 41/115. 19070 and by a CNR target project on “Biotechnology and Bioinstrumentation”

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Ferrari, R. Commentary on myocardial stunning and its clinical relevance. Basic Res Cardiol 90, 300–302 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00797906

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