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. 2022 Jul 29;12(8):1825.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12081825.

Tendentious Paper-Titles and Wrong Conclusions Lead to Fear in the Population and Medical Overconsumption. Comment on Luchian et al. Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Persistent Dyspnea One Year after COVID-19. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 57

Patrik Vankrunkelsven  1
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Tendentious Paper-Titles and Wrong Conclusions Lead to Fear in the Population and Medical Overconsumption. Comment on Luchian et al. Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Persistent Dyspnea One Year after COVID-19. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 57

Patrik Vankrunkelsven. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

This week I read a press release from the University Hospital of Brussels with the title "30% of hospitalised COVID-19 patients have a heart defect one year after acute illness" [...].

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  • Diagnostics (Basel). 12:57.

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