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Isolated right ventricular stress-induced (“Tako-Tsubo”) cardiomyopathy

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Christof Burgdorf, Peter W. Radke, Heribert Schunkert & Volkhard Kurowski

  2. Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Peter Hunold

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Burgdorf, C., Hunold, P., Radke, P.W. et al. Isolated right ventricular stress-induced (“Tako-Tsubo”) cardiomyopathy. Clin Res Cardiol 100, 617–619 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-011-0293-4

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