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Increased troponin in patients with sepsis and septic shock: myocardial necrosis or reversible myocardial depression?

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Wu, A.H.B. Increased troponin in patients with sepsis and septic shock: myocardial necrosis or reversible myocardial depression?. Intensive Care Med 27, 959–961 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340100970

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