Infective endocarditis and outcomes of valve surgery: the bug, the valve, the host and the unknown

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
² Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.

Editorial

Sudarshan Balla et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;11(10):E178-E181.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.09.51.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
² Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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