Role of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in predicting embolic events in patients with active infective endocarditis involving native cardiac valves

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1030-1034

  De Castro, Stefano ^a   Magni, Giuseppina ^b   Beni, Sergio ^b   Cartoni, Domenico ^b   Fiorelli, Marco ^b   Venditti, Mario ^b   Schwartz, Steven L ^b   Fedele, Francesco ^b   Pandian, Natesa G ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030671432     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00598-5     Document Type: Article

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