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[Clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of inflammatory heart diseases in childhood].
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique - 1 Feb 2001
Jaeggi E T, Suter S
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Inflammatory disorders which may affect the heart muscle, the endocardium, the pericardium and/or the coronary arteries are rare, but potentially devastating diseases. As the incidence of rheumatic heart disease has decreased, children with congenital heart disease now constitute the primary patient population at risk of infective endocarditis. Streptococcus viridans and Staphylococcus aureus are still the most...
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