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Diagnosis of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis based on multimodality imaging

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  1. Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Kerpenerstr. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Kristina Dahlem, Guido Michels, Henrik ten Freyhaus & Roman Pfister

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Carsten Kobe

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Alexander C. Bunck

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Dahlem, K., Michels, G., Kobe, C. et al. Diagnosis of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis based on multimodality imaging. Clin Res Cardiol 106, 471–473 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1092-3

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