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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |