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Clinical, Radiographic, and Microbiologic Features of Infective Endocarditis in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 Feb 2018
Sims Jason R, Anavekar Nandan S, Bhatia Subir, O'Horo John C, Geske Jeffrey B, Chandrasekaran Krishnaswamy, Wilson Walter R, Baddour Larry M, Gersh Bernard J, DeSimone Daniel C
Abstract excerpt
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the inner lining of the heart with high morbidity and mortality despite medical and surgical advancements in recent decades. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is one of several medical conditions that have been linked to an increased risk of IE, but there is a paucity of data on this association. We therefore sought to define the clinical phenotype of IE in patients...
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