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Heart failure and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias due to hereditary hemochromatosis with iron overload cardiomyopathy

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  1. Medizinische Klinik I, University Hospital of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße, 53105, Bonn, Germany

    Andre Werner Demant MD & Christoph Reichel

  2. Radiologische Klinik, University Hospital of Bonn, Germany

    Alexandra Schmiedel

  3. Institut für Pathologie, University Hospital of Bonn, Germany

    Reinhard Büttner

  4. Medizinische Klinik II, University Hospital of Bonn, Germany

    Thorsten Lewalter

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Demant, A.W., Schmiedel, A., Büttner, R. et al. Heart failure and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias due to hereditary hemochromatosis with iron overload cardiomyopathy. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 900–903 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0568-y

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