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The vulnerable myocardium: long-QT syndrome in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy

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    Felix Mahfoud, Christan Ukena, Michael Kindermann, Christian Mewis & Michael Böhm

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Mahfoud, F., Ukena, C., Kindermann, M. et al. The vulnerable myocardium: long-QT syndrome in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 409–411 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-009-0016-2

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