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Editorial
. 2017 Sep;9(9):2788-2791.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.29.

ATHOS-3 and the knights of the round table-the search for the holy grail of vasopressors

Michael Hessler  1 , Philip-Helge Arnemann  1 , Laura Seidel  1 , Tim Kampmeier  1 , Sebastian Rehberg  2 , Christian Ertmer  1
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Editorial

ATHOS-3 and the knights of the round table-the search for the holy grail of vasopressors

Michael Hessler et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Sep.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock.
    Khanna A, English SW, Wang XS, Ham K, Tumlin J, Szerlip H, Busse LW, Altaweel L, Albertson TE, Mackey C, McCurdy MT, Boldt DW, Chock S, Young PJ, Krell K, Wunderink RG, Ostermann M, Murugan R, Gong MN, Panwar R, Hästbacka J, Favory R, Venkatesh B, Thompson BT, Bellomo R, Jensen J, Kroll S, Chawla LS, Tidmarsh GF, Deane AM; ATHOS-3 Investigators. Khanna A, et al. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 3;377(5):419-430. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1704154. Epub 2017 May 21. N Engl J Med. 2017. PMID: 28528561 Clinical Trial.

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