Prognostic factors in infective endocarditis
BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infectious disease, most often bacterial in etiology, which affects the endocardial tissue layer of the heart. Despite advances in diagnostic technology, surgical technique, and antimicrobial therapy, IE remains a high-mortality disease. OBJECTIVE: Thi...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/19176 |