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Native and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Endocarditis of a patient's native heart valve is defined as native valve endocarditis (NVE), and endocarditis of a prosthetic device is termed prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). The incidence of NVE in developed countries is approximately 1.7 to 7.0 cases out…