Can we really achieve a 1-year mortality rate lower than 10% in patients with infective endocarditis?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-

  Tattevin, Pierre ^a   Donal, Erwan ^a   Revest, Matthieu ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 75749148799     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.485     Document Type: Letter

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