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Classical apical ballooning with significant stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery: is cardiac magnetic resonance imaging the solution for this diagnostic dilemma?

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    Christian Möller, Tobias Graf, Thomas Stiermaier, Holger Thiele & Ingo Eitel

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Möller, C., Graf, T., Stiermaier, T. et al. Classical apical ballooning with significant stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery: is cardiac magnetic resonance imaging the solution for this diagnostic dilemma?. Clin Res Cardiol 105, 632–635 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-016-0974-0

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