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Is stress-induced cardiomyopathy (takotsubo) the cause of elevated cardiac troponins in a subset of septic patients?

Authors: Björn Redfors, Yangzhen Shao, Elmir Omerovic

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2014

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Title: Is stress-induced cardiomyopathy (takotsubo) the cause of elevated cardiac troponins in a subset of septic patients?
Authors: Björn Redfors
Yangzhen Shao
Elmir Omerovic
Publication date: 01-05-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3256-1

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