A Complicated Case of Triple Valve Infective Endocarditis in an IV Drug User with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve Requiring Three Separate Salvage Operations: A Case Report and Literature Review

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the endocardium that involves valves and adjacent mural endocardium or a septal defect. Local complications include severe valvular insufficiency, which may lead to intractable congestive heart failure and myocardial abscesses. If left untreated, IE is...

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Autores principales: Khan, Shahzad, Smyrlis, Athanasios, Yaranov, Dmitry, Oelberg, David, Jimenez, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4469760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26146571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/291079

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