Infective Endocarditis: A Challenging Disease

Autor: Pierre Forgacs, Charles Z. Naggar
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Medical Clinics of North America. 70:1279-1294
ISSN: 0025-7125
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30898-7
Popis: Enhanced clinical awareness of infective endocarditis, along with improved microbiologic methodology and more aggressive surgical intervention, has favorably influenced the outcome of the disease. The evolving nature of infective endocarditis over the past decade is described, as are the changing epidemiologic factors, microbiologic techniques, and echocardiographic contributions in the clinical management of patients with infective endocarditis.
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