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What’s new in surgical treatment of infective endocarditis?

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital and University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    Thierry Carrel & Lars Englberger

  2. Department for Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Jukka Takala

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Carrel, T., Englberger, L. & Takala, J. What’s new in surgical treatment of infective endocarditis?. Intensive Care Med 42, 2052–2054 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4542-x

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