The Full Spectrum of Infective Endocarditis: Case Report and Review

Over the past five decades, the incidence of intravenous drug use- (IVDU-) associated infective endocarditis (IE) has been on the rise in North America. Classically, IVDU has been thought to affect right-sided valves. However, in recent times a more variable presentation of IVDU-associated IE has be...

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Main Authors: Aniket S. Rali, Mejalli Al-Kofahi, Nilay Patel, Benjamin Wiele, Zubair Shah, Jayant Nath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7257401