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1077. Heart Transplantation as Salvage Treatment for Intractable Infective Endocarditis
BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a severe disease with contemporary in-hospital mortality rates of 20%. Although valvular replacement is performed in 50% of patients during the acute phase, heart transplantation remains the last resort in selected patients with extensive perivalvular...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253703/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.914 |