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Infective endocarditis of transcatheter atrial septal occluder devices: A case report

Infective endocarditis (IE) is caused by bacterial vegetation in valves, but it can also occur in implanted mechanical devices. We report a rare case of IE occurring at the site of percutaneous atrial septal closure devices in a patient in her 50s that had been placed for residual defects on a closu...

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Autores principales: Nabuchi-Kawasaki, Mirei, Doi, Takahiro, Mita, Tomohiro, Sasaki, Syunsuke, Hirokami, Mitsugu, Naraoka, Shuichi, Yuda, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese College of Cardiology 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2022.07.011