Journal article
Infective endocarditis in the Lao PDR: clinical characteristics and outcomes in a developing country.
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INTRODUCTION: Data on infective endocarditis (IE) in Southeast Asia are scarce. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical epidemiology of IE in Lao PDR, a lower middle-income country. METHODS: A single centre retrospective study at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane. Patients aged over 1year of age admitted 2006-2012 to Mahosot Hospital with definite or possible IE by modified Duke criteria were included. RESULTS: Thirty-six patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria; 33 (91.7%) had left-sided IE. Eleven ...
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- Published
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- International journal of cardiology
- Volume:
- 180
- Pages:
- 270-273
- Publication date:
- 2015-02-01
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- EISSN:
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1874-1754
- ISSN:
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0167-5273
- Source identifiers:
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493412
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- English
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pubs:493412
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- pubs:493412
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- 2014-12-19
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- 2015
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