Infective endocarditis: When an image surprises the echocardiographer.

Rev Port Cardiol (Engl Ed)

Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.

Published: November 2019

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