New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 200-209

  Durack, David T ^a   Lukes, Andrea S ^b   Bright, David K ^b   Duke Endocarditis Service, ^a  

^a Department of Medicine Durham ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028224425     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(94)90143-0     Document Type: Article

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