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Open AccessDoing a double take: when transthoracic echocardiography fails for mitral valve annuloplasty ring endocarditis with Streptococcus pyogenes: a case report
This case highlights several complications of a late and rare presentation of culture-negative Streptococcus pyogenes endocarditis of a previously repaired mitral valve with an annuloplasty ring including recurre...
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Open AccessUltrafast optical-ultrasonic system and miniaturized catheter for imaging and characterizing atherosclerotic plaques in vivo
Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the number one cause of death worldwide. The majority of CAD-induced deaths are due to the rupture of vulnerable plaques. Accurate assessment of plaques is cruc...