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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">97</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Bulgarian Cardiology</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">Bulgarian Cardiology</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">1310-7488</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2683-1015</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Bulgarian Society of Cardiology</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/bgcardio.29.e112862</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Case Report</subject>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Heart Failure (сърдечна недостатъчност)</subject>
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        <article-title>Severe cutaneous vasculitis as a symptom of right-sided infectious endocarditis in a patient with intravenous using of methadone: a clinical case</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Todorova</surname>
            <given-names>Y. M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">yoanamladenova89@gmail.com</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4964-5796</uri>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Gospodinov</surname>
            <given-names>K. D.</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9682-1035</uri>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Lukanov</surname>
            <given-names>M. E.</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-3719</uri>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Tisheva</surname>
            <given-names>S. T.</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-5620</uri>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Medical University of Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria</addr-line>
        <institution>Medical University of Pleven</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Pleven</addr-line>
        <country>Bulgaria</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Y. M. Todorova (<email xlink:type="simple">yoanamladenova89@gmail.com</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: Yoto Yotov</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>128</fpage>
      <lpage>134</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/E15AE173-8D45-55E4-80CD-7FF5BAB297EA">E15AE173-8D45-55E4-80CD-7FF5BAB297EA</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>17</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>09</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Y. M. Todorova, K. D. Gospodinov, M. E. Lukanov, S. T. Tisheva</copyright-statement>
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          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>A bacterial infection of the heart’s endocardial surface causes infectious endocarditis (IE). The heart valves or an intracardiac devices are most affected. In most cases of right-sided endocarditis, the tricuspid valve is involved. Using drugs like cocaine, heroin, or any number of others can cause this disorder. Infective endocarditis can develop if methadone is not administered in accordance with the Methadone program, despite the cessation of drug use. In drug users, <italic>Staphylococcus aureus</italic> is the most common cause of right-sided infective endocarditis with pulmonary embolism and persistent bacteraemia. Cutaneous vasculitis, particularly leukocytoclastic vasculitis, is a rare manifestation of IE.</p>
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