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Reports from M. Martinezselles and colleagues advance knowledge in heart disease
December 28th, 2008
"To describe postdischarge survival rates and late complications In nom-Intravenous drug users (non-IVDUs) after treatment of Infective endocarditis (IE). This prospective study consists of con. secutive cases of IE In non-IVDUs seen between January 1, 1994, and August 31, 2005," investigators in Madrid, Spain report. "Patient treatment (le, pharmaceutical and/or surgical) and cardiac valve Involved In Infection (le, aortic and/or mitral; whether valve was native or prosthetic) were recorded. Patient follow-up, to March 31, 2007, occurred at 1, 2, 3, and 4 years. Complications, survival, and mortality were statistically analyzed. During the study period, 230 episodes of...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-12-28)
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