Infective endocarditis: Ten-year review of medical and surgical therapy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1217-1222

  Vlessis, Angelo A ^a,b   Hovaguimian, Hagop ^a   Jaggers, James ^a   Ahmad, Aftab ^a   Starr, Albert ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0030115754     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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