Case report

Diagnostic difficulties in infective endocarditis

M.T. Vatutin¹, Ye.V. Yeshchenko¹, O.I. Stolika²

¹ M. Gorky Donetsk National Medical University, Ukraine

² Institute of Urgent and Recovery Surgery named after V.K. Gusak NAMS of Ukraine, Donetsk, Ukraine

Infective endocarditis is often associated with difficulties of diagnosis and treatment. The article presents a case report of infective endocarditis in a 53-year-old man. The stages of its diagnosis and treatment are described.

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Кey words: infective endocarditis, diagnosis.