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- 2019
Original research article: Native aortic versus mitral valve infective endocarditis: a nationwide registry studyDOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000926 Keywords: endocarditis, left-sided native valve infective endocarditis, surgery, outcome, microbiology Abstract: Native aortic and mitral valve infective endocarditis (AVE and MVE, respectively) are usually grouped together as left-sided native valve infective endocarditis (LNVE), while the differences between AVE and MVE have not yet been properly investigated. We aimed to compare AVE and MVE in regard to patient characteristics, microbiology and determinants of survival
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