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The Intravenous Drug User with a Big Heart
Infective endocarditis is a severe and now more frequently encountered condition given the rise of intravenous (IV) drug use. An IV drug user presented with septic shock and bacterial endocarditis. Upon imaging, a fistulous tract was discovered, communicating from the annulus of the infected mitral...
Autores principales: | Bhagat, Abhishek, Annie, Frank H, Karpe, Vallabh, Tager, Alfred, Nease, Sarah |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6248855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30473958 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3325 |
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