A Natural History of Infective Endocarditis, Preceded by Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease and Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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  • Nancy L. Merridew
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His stalwart skin, sallow armor, harbored memories and marks of a diffi cult life. His grave affl iction, already perilous, he endured alone— ostracized by family and society. His swollen belly, crazed by Medusa, pouted taut as artifi cial breaths stretched rankled lungs. His seasoned vessels, illicit euphoria’s labyrinth, adorned with plastic portals infused antidote. His cloying blood, claret lately poisoned, delivered assassin to lair— Duke in silent carriage alighted at the chamber.

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دوره 18  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2012