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Long-term outcome of infective endocarditis: A study on patients surviving over one year after the initial episode treated in a Finnish teaching hospital during 25 years

BACKGROUND: Only a few previous studies have focused on the long-term prognosis of the patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Our purpose was to delineate factors potentially associated with the long-term outcome of IE, recurrences of IE and requirement for late valve surgery. METHODS: A total o...

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Autores principales: Heiro, Maija, Helenius, Hans, Hurme, Saija, Savunen, Timo, Metsärinne, Kaj, Engblom, Erik, Nikoskelainen, Jukka, Kotilainen, Pirkko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2383901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18419812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-49