Laboratory diagnosis of infective endocarditis
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Delayed Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis Complicated With Stroke
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BACKGROUND Signs and symptoms of infectious endocarditis are protean. They result from destruction of cardiac endothelium, metastatic embolization, hematogenous seeding, and immune complex deposition. Embolic manifestations of infectious endocarditis can mimic several other pathologic conditions and make the diagnosis of infectious endocarditis difficult. METHODS We describe a case of cutaneo...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/5.suppl_c.49