Role of the New Physical Examination Minor Criterion (New Heart Murmur) for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

Affiliations

• ¹ Infectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ² Infectious Diseases Service, Cantonal Hospital of Sion and Institut Central des Hôpitaux, Sion, Switzerland.
• ³ Department of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
• ⁷ Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
• ⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.