Cardiac conduction abnormalities preceding transoesophageal echocardiographic evidence of perivalvar extension of infection in a case of salmonella prosthetic valve endocarditis

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 416-418

  Miyamoto, Michael I ^a   Hutter Jr , Adolph M ^a   Blum, Jonathan H ^a   Torchiana, David F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Heart block; Salmonella enteritidis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIARRHEA; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLOSIS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030710504     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.4.416     Document Type: Article

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