Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: An unusual complication of pericarditis and Staphylococcus aureus septicemia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 380-382

  Pahl, Márcia Melo Campos ^a,b   Arruda, Julio ^a   Gilio, Alfredo Elias ^a   Ejzenberg, Bernardo ^a   Baldacci, Evandro ^a   Okay, Yassuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiogram; magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis; pericarditis; Staphylococcus aureus sepsis; ventricular pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029924372     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199604000-00021     Document Type: Article

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