European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on June 2, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(24):2938; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl062
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Infective endocarditis with lung and systemic embolization in an injection drug user
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
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Injection drug use (IDU) is a well-known risk factor for infective endocarditis (IE). The clinical manifestations of IE in injection drug users (IDUs) are often