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SUBMITTER: Shmueli H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792231 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shmueli Hezzy H Thomas Felix F Flint Nir N Setia Gayatri G Janjic Aleksandar A Siegel Robert J RJ
Journal of the American Heart Association 20200723 15
Compared with the extensive data on left-sided infective endocarditis (IE), there is much less published information on the features and management of right-sided IE. Right-sided IE accounts for 5% to 10% of all IE cases, and compared with left-sided IE, it is more often associated with intravenous drug use, intracardiac devices, and central venous catheters, all of which has become more prevalent over the past 20 years. In this manuscript on right-sided IE we provide an up-to-date overview on t ...[more]