Takotsubo syndrome-induced acute myocardial infarction
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Pseudo-acute myocardial infarction due to transient apical ventricular dysfunction syndrome (Takotsubo syndrome)
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1569-5794,1573-0743
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0626-x