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

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  1. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Björn Redfors, Yangzhen Shao & Elmir Omerovic

  2. Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Björn Redfors & Elmir Omerovic

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Redfors, B., Shao, Y. & Omerovic, E. Is stress-induced cardiomyopathy (takotsubo) the cause of elevated cardiac troponins in a subset of septic patients?. Intensive Care Med 40, 757–758 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3256-1

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