Native valve infective endocarditis in adults. Analysis of 32 consecutive cases over a ten-year period from 1980 to 1989.
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[Changing epidemiology of native valve infective endocarditis].
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The aim of our study is to assess changes in the epidemiologic features of patients with native valve infective endocarditis. METHODS We analyzed a prospective series of 228 cases of native valve infective endocarditis in non-intravenous drug users attending our center between 1987 and 2009. We compared three subperiods: 1987-1994 (67 cases), 1995-2002 (74 cases) a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Circulation Journal
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0047-1828,1347-4839
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.55.437