Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinases in Infective Endocarditis: A Possible Marker of the Embolic Risk

BACKGROUND: Embolic events (EE) in infective endocarditis (IE) are caused by fragmentation of vegetations or valvular tissue. Vegetation length is considered to be the most potent predictor of EE, but does not take into account the degree of friability of the vegetation and of the surrounded infecte...

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Autores principales: Thuny, Franck, Habib, Gilbert, Le Dolley, Yvan, Canault, Matthias, Casalta, Jean-Paul, Verdier, Monique, Avierinos, Jean-François, Raoult, Didier, Mege, Jean-Louis, Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, Alessi, Marie-Christine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3077407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018830

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3077407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018830

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