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Sudden death in infective endocarditis

The case fatality rate of infective endocarditis (IE) is high and is associated with varying causes. Among them, acute myocardial infarction due to an embolism in a coronary artery is rare; the incidence of this complication in the setting of IE is reported to be up to 1.5%. We report a case of sudd...

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Autores principales: Castelli, Jussara Bianchi, Almeida, Germana, Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27818954
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2016.045