Infective endocarditis: too ill to be operated?

Infective endocarditis remains a disease associated with high mortality in certain groups of patients, with death resulting primarily from central nervous system complications and congestive heart failure. Combined medical and surgical therapy reduces both early and late mortality in complicated cas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rubinovitch, Bina, Pittet, Didier
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2002
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137287/