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Infective Endocarditis and Intravenous Drug Users: Never Was and Never Will Be Taken Lightly
Infective endocarditis (IE) is the infection of the endocardial surface (innermost layer - valves, chordae tendineae, and papillary muscles) of the heart. It usually refers to infection of one or more of the heart valves which may be native or prosthetic. The definition also includes infection on in...
Autores principales: | Kansara, Tikal, Majmundar, Monil M, Lenik, Joanna, Vista, Manuel, Chaudhari, Shobhana |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7894215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628679 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12812 |
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