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Editorial
. 2019 Feb;112(2):201-203.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20180270.

Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Infective Endocarditis: Challenges for a Better Prognosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Daniely Iadocico Sobreiro  1 , Roney Orismar Sampaio  1 , Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano  2 , Calila Vieira Andrade Brazil  1 , Carlos Eduardo de Barros Branco  1 , Antônio Sergio de Santis Andrade Lopes  1 , Flávio Tarasoutchi  1 , Tânia Mara Varejão Strabelli  2
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Editorial

Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Infective Endocarditis: Challenges for a Better Prognosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Daniely Iadocico Sobreiro et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019 Feb.
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Figure 1
IE diagnosis flowchart. *Possible cases according to Duke’s criteria are all those that do not fit as definite or rejected cases.
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