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A 21-year-old male with reduced left ventricular function

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  1. Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Department of Cardiology, Lohmühlenstraße 5, 20099, Hamburg, Germany

    Klaus Hertting MD, Jacobus Reimers MD & Karl-Heinz Kuck MD

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Hertting, K., Reimers, J. & Kuck, KH. A 21-year-old male with reduced left ventricular function. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 579–581 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0544-6

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