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Selective inhibition of the pacemaker channel If improves symptoms in severe dilated cardiomyopathy

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Uta C. Hoppe MD, Robert Larbig & Erland Erdmann

  2. Kardiologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Bonn, Germany

    Karl La Rosée

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Hoppe, U.C., La Rosée, K., Larbig, R. et al. Selective inhibition of the pacemaker channel If improves symptoms in severe dilated cardiomyopathy. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 243–246 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0500-5

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