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Early Diagnosis of Nonaneurysmal Infectious Thoracic Aortitis Using Transesophageal Echocardiogram in a Patient with Purulent Meningitis

Infectious thoracic aortitis is a rare entity in the antibiotic era and usually appears in patients with prior aortic disease and/or associated infective endocarditis. Infected nonaneurysmal aorta will likely progress to mycotic aneurysm if left untreated. In most of the reports, infectious thoracic...

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Autores principales: Lopes, Ricardo, Almeida, Jorge, Dias, Paula, Pinho, Paulo, Maciel, Maria Júlia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20182636
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2009/769694

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