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Iatrogenic epinephrine-induced reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: direct evidence supporting the role of catecholamines in the pathophysiology of the “broken heart syndrome”

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This work was supported by Canada Research Chairs and Canadian Institutes of Health Research grants to Dr. Wassmann and McLeod Memorial Scholarship Bursary to Dr. Litvinov.

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    Ivan V. Litvinov & Sven Wassmann

  2. Division of Cardiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Mark A. Kotowycz & Sven Wassmann

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Litvinov, I.V., Kotowycz, M.A. & Wassmann, S. Iatrogenic epinephrine-induced reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: direct evidence supporting the role of catecholamines in the pathophysiology of the “broken heart syndrome”. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 457–462 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-009-0028-y

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