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Characteristics of infective endocarditis in a cancer population

BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE) is more common in patients with cancer as compared with the general population. Due to an immunocompromised state, the need for invasive procedures, hypercoagulability and the presence of indwelling catheters, patients with cancer are particularly predisposed...

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Autores principales: Grable, Cullen, Yusuf, Syed W, Song, Juhee, Viola, George M, Ulhaq, Owais, Banchs, Jose, Jensen, Corey T, Goel, Harsh, Hassan, Saamir A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34344722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2021-001664