Tricuspid valve endocarditis due to a jet lesion detected by echocardiography in a 27-year old man with congenital ventricular septal defect

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 517-520

  Spyridopoulos, I ^a,b   Helber, U ^a   Mewis, C ^a   Voelker, W ^a   Steinhilber, B ^a   Schulze, H J ^a   Huppert, P ^a   Hoffmeister, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CCP4 CV (Cardiovascular Research)   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Jet lesion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tricuspid valve; Ventricular septal defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CAVITATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029859686     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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