Infective endocarditis in adults with congenital heart disease
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Current patterns of infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease.
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Objective: To provide pure cohorts of paediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and infective endocarditis (IE) for making future guidelines. Design: Japanese nationwide survey. Setting: 66 Japanese institutions. Patients: 170 children, mean (SD) age 7.4 (5.7) years (range 14 days to 17 years), and 69 adults, age 32.5 (14.1) years (range 18–69) who developed IE between 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1875-2136
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2013.06.043