Infectious endocarditis with jump rope-like vegetations
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Acknowledgements
We thank Dr. Matsumoto Y. (Department of Cardiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital) for technical assistance on echocardiography.
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The authors declare that they have no competing interest.
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Transthoracic echocardiography showing jump rope like movement of the vegetations. (MP4 537 KB)
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