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Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in two sisters: a chance finding or familial predisposition?

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  1. Department of Cardiology, A.O. “Istituti Ospitalieri” di Cremona, Cremona, Italy

    Giorgio Caretta & Debora Robba

  2. Section of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Enrico Vizzardi, Ivano Bonadei, Riccardo Raddino & Marco Metra

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Caretta, G., Robba, D., Vizzardi, E. et al. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in two sisters: a chance finding or familial predisposition?. Clin Res Cardiol 104, 614–616 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-015-0837-0

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