Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 702-707 , July 2002

Better prognosis of elderly patients with infectious endocarditis in the era of routine echocardiography and nonrestrictive indications for valve surgery

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☆ Reprint requests: José Zamorano, Director of Echo Laboratory, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Plaza de Cristo Rey, 28040 Madrid, Spain (E-mail: jlzamorano@jet.es).

PII: S0894-7317(02)00020-2

doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.118927

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 702-707 , July 2002

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