Unexpected death due to right-sided infective endocarditis in a methamphetamine abuser

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Takasaki, Tomoya ^a,b   Nishida, Naoki ^a   Esaki, Rie ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Addictive drug abuser; Methamphetamine; Right sided infective endocarditis; Unexpected death

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRICUSPID VALVE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0037348433     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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