Application of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis.

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Published in J Am Soc Echocardiogr on September 20, 1994

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K J Yvorchuk1, K L Chan

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1: University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada.

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