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Does this patient have takotsubo syndrome?

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  1. Intensive Care Medicine, Nepean Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Anthony S. McLean

  2. Unite de Reanimation Medicale, CHU Sud, Amien, France

    Michel Slama

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Linkoping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

    Michelle Chew

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McLean, A.S., Slama, M. & Chew, M. Does this patient have takotsubo syndrome?. Intensive Care Med 44, 904–907 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5189-6

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