Recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy with variant forms of left ventricular dysfunction
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiology Cases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1878-5409
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2010.01.009