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The ‘broken heart’ syndrome

What can be learned from the tears and distress?

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Il pleure dans mon coeur

Comme il pleut sur la ville;

Quelle est cette langueur

Qui pénètre mon coeur?

Paul Verlaine (1844 – 1896)

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Cramer, M.J.M., De Boeck, B., Melman, P.G. et al. The ‘broken heart’ syndrome. NHJL 15, 283–285 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03086000

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