The prevalence of infective endocarditis after aortic valve replacement.

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Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on December 01, 1995

Authors

A K Agnihotri1, D C McGiffin, A J Galbraith, M F O'Brien

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center, USA.

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