Perioperative Endocarditis Management in a Patient with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease
Abstract Background Homozygous sickle cell disease (SCD) compounded with bacterial endocarditis makes open-heart surgery a multidisciplinary challenge. Case description A 45-year-old African male patient with homozygous SCD presented with right heart decompensation, tricusp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2019-01-01
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Series: | The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1676962 |