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An alien in the heart

We report a case of a 38-year-old-man who presented with altered mental status. The patient was diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE) originating from the GORE HELEX septal occluder device, which was placed 15 months earlier for symptomatic atrial septal defect. Brain imaging revealed shower em...

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Autores principales: Agrawal, Yashwant, Kalavakunta, Jagadeesh K., Gupta, Vishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27358534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2015.12.007