Infective endarteritis in a 2-month-old infant associated with silent patent ductus arteriosus.
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Does the risk of infective endarteritis justify routine patent ductus arteriosus closure?
OBJECTIVES The risk of infective endarteritis in patients with patent ductus arteriosus seems to have declined during the last 30-40 years, and cases of patent ductus arteriosus complicated by infective endarteritis are now very rare. Moreover, with the introduction of antibiotics, there has been a dramatic reduction in mortality from infective endocarditis. Despite these changes, however, the ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Anadolu kardiyoloji dergisi : AKD = the Anatolian journal of cardiology
دوره 7 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007