Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: relevance in patients with left bundle-branch block/paced ventricular rhythms

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Venkata M Alla et al. Am Heart J. 2010 Jun.

. 2010 Jun;159(6):e29.

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.014.

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