Case report: isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis in a 39-year-old patient with intravenous drug abuse

BACKGROUND : Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis is a very rare form of right-sided infective endocarditis. Due to the anatomy, in most cases, just the tricuspid valve is involved. Diagnosis can be challenging because of non-specific symptoms (fever, dyspnoea, haemoptysis, and pleuritic chest pain...

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Autores principales: Platz, Martin Richard, Stöbe, Stephan, Baum, Paul, Metze, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa442

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