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Patient with endocarditis who has an embolic occlusion of a large artery | ||
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fungal endocarditis, nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, atrial myxoma | ||
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(1) | Pathoanatomic, pathophysiologic and clinical correlations in endocarditis (second of two parts). Weinstein L, Schlesinger JJ. N Engl J Med 1974 Nov 21;291(21):1122-6. Pubmed Similars | |
(2) | Scientific American Medicine. Rubenstein E, Federman DD, et al. NY: Scientific American: Sept. 1988;7:XVIII:4-5 [chapter = Karchmer AW, Swartz MN. Infective Endocarditis]. | |
(3) | Echocardiographic and clinical correlates in drug addicts with infective endocarditis. Implications of vegetation size. Manolis AS, Melita H. Arch Intern Med 1988 Nov;148(11):2461-5. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
(4) | The significance of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: an autopsy and clinical study of 78 cases. MacDonald RA, Robbins SL. Ann Int Med. 1957;46:255-273. |
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101. | Infective endocarditis due to unusual or fastidious microorganisms. Berbari EF, Cockerill FR 3rd, et al. Mayo Clin Proc 1997 Jun;72(6):532-42. Pubmed+Abstract Similars | |
102. | Endocarditis with negative blood cultures [editorial]. Tunkel AR, Kaye D. N Engl J Med 1992 Apr 30;326(18):1215-7. Pubmed Similars | |
103. | Clinical problem-solving. Assembling a coherent story [see comments]. Oren R, Matzner Y. N Engl J Med 1994 Jan 6;330(1):48-50. Pubmed Similars | |
104. | Echocardiography in infective endocarditis: reassessment of prognostic implications of vegetation size determined by the transthoracic and the transesophageal approach. Mugge A, Daniel WG, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 1989 Sep;14(3):631-8. Pubmed+Abstract Similars |
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