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Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen; William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London. Electronic address: lmartin@ukaachen.de.
² Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen.
³ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital Rostock.

Comment

Lukas Martin et al. Chest. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;155(3):647-648.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.018.

¹ Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen; William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London. Electronic address: lmartin@ukaachen.de.
² Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen.
³ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital Rostock.

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The Septic Heart: Current Understanding of Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.
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