Mitral ring abscess caused by bacterial endocarditis on a heavily calcified mitral annulus fibrosus: Diagnosis by multiplane transesophageal echocardiography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 818-820

  Eicher, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Falcon Eicher, Sylvie ^a   Soto, François Xavier ^a   Dobsak, Petr ^a   Duong, Michel ^a   Brenot, Roger ^a   Wolf, Jean Eric ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029915470     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90291-4     Document Type: Article

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