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Severe cardiogenic shock due to acute onset of an aorto-to-right atrial shunt in a patient with aortic valve endocarditis()

INTRODUCTION: Heart failure is the most common cause of death due to infective endocarditis. We report a case of a patient presenting with severe shock due to an infection-associated left-to-right cardiac shunt. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 62-year-old man, who underwent aortic valve replacement five yea...

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Autores principales: Siebers, Christian, Schramm, René, Friedmann, Anton, Weig, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24463563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.12.015