Aortic valve endocarditis in an acutely rejecting orthotopic heart transplant recipient

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 672-674

  Fazia, R Brian ^a   Mills Jr , Roger M ^b   Conti, C Richard ^b   Staples, Edward D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

heart transplant; humoral rejection; immunosuppression; infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029833418     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190818     Document Type: Article

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