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Critical Care

The spectrum of acute heart failure after venlafaxine overdose

M. BatistaDepartment of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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T. DugernierDepartment of Intensive Care, Clinique St-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium
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M. SimonDepartment of Intensive Care, Cliniques du Sud-Luxembourg, Arlon, Belgium
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V. HaufroidLouvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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A. CapronLouvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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S. FonsecaDepartment of Pathology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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F. BonbledDepartment of Pathology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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P. HantsonDepartment of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium;Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 92-95 | Received 22 Oct 2012, Accepted 28 Dec 2012, Published online: 10 Jan 2013

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