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A 10-year Retrospective Study of Infective Endocarditis at a University Hospital with Special Regard to the Timing of Surgical Evaluation in S. viridans Endocarditis

Siri Kurland, Ebba Enghoff, Johan Landelius, Sven-Olof Nyström, Anna Hambraeus, Göran Friman
Pages 87-91 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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