Endocarditis after valve replacement surgery: Early recognition and treatment are essential to averting deadly complications

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 40-51

  Fink, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 32444431887     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200602000-00021     Document Type: Review

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