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A case of prosthetic valve endocarditis with increased vegetation size despite appropriate antibiotic therapy

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-Cho, Izumo, Japan

    Junya Tanabe, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Akihiro Endo & Kazuaki Tanabe

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan

    Hiromi Wada, Shoichi Suehiro & Kazuhiro Yamazaki

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Dr. Kazuaki Tanabe has received lecture fees from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. Drs. Junya Tanabe, Hiromi Wada, Shoichi Suehiro, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Akihiro Endo, Kazuhiro Yamazaki declare that they have no conflict of interests.

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Tanabe, J., Wada, H., Suehiro, S. et al. A case of prosthetic valve endocarditis with increased vegetation size despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. J Echocardiogr (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-024-00645-z

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