Surgical treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 198-210

  Lytle, B W ^a   Priest, B P ^a   Taylor, P C ^a   Loop, F D ^a   Sapp, S K ^a   Stewart, R W ^a   McCarthy, P M ^a   Muehrcke, D ^a   Cosgrove III, D M ^a   Miller, D C ^a   Arbulu, A ^a   Pennington, G D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEART BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030063073     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70417-8     Document Type: Article

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