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    Iacopo Bertolozzi & Angelo Pucci

  2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Pietro Amedeo Modesti

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Bertolozzi, I., Pucci, A. & Modesti, P.A. Listen to your heart. Intern Emerg Med 4, 133–135 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-009-0224-9

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