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Different pattern of regional metabolic abnormalities in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy as evidenced by F-18 FDG PET-CT

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    G. Rendl, L. Rettenbacher, P. Keinrath, J. Altenberger, J. Schuler, M. Heigert, M. Pichler & C. Pirich

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Rendl, G., Rettenbacher, L., Keinrath, P. et al. Different pattern of regional metabolic abnormalities in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy as evidenced by F-18 FDG PET-CT. Wien Klin Wochenschr 122, 184–185 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-010-1356-7

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