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Editorial
. 2021 Dec;8(6):4365-4369.
doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13741. Epub 2021 Dec 6.

Cancer and Takotsubo syndrome: from rarity to clinical practice

Kalliopi Keramida  1 , Dimitrios Farmakis  2 , Gerasimos Filippatos  3
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Editorial

Cancer and Takotsubo syndrome: from rarity to clinical practice

Kalliopi Keramida et al. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Dec.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest related to the submitted manuscript entitled ‘Cancer and Takotsubo syndrome: from rarity to clinical practice’.

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Potential triggers and proposed pathophysiological mechanisms of Takotsubo syndrome in oncological patients.
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