Infective Endocarditis Developing as Uremia
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Infective endocarditis developing as uremia.
A 49-year-old man presented with fever and uremic symptoms such as general malaise, leg edema and decreased urine output. He was diagnosed as having infective endocarditis (IE) accompanied by renal failure. Although he had been receiving hemodialysis for a long time, renal function dramatically improved after heart valve replacement. This case suggests that uremia can develop as an initial mani...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.598