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Perioperative Endocarditis Management in a Patient with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease

Background  Homozygous sickle cell disease (SCD) compounded with bacterial endocarditis makes open-heart surgery a multidisciplinary challenge. Case description  A 45-year-old African male patient with homozygous SCD presented with right heart decompensation, tricuspid regurgitation, and endocarditi...

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Autores principales: Gozdzik, Malgorzata, Mariotti, Sergio, Genoni, Michele, Zientara, Alicja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6327749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30648104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1676962