Surgical outcomes of infective endocarditis among intravenous drug users
Open Access
- 12 March 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 152 (3), 832-841.e1
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.02.072
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