Eustachian valve endocarditis: Detection with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 579-580

  Palakodeti, Vachaspathi ^a   Keen Jr , William D ^a   Rickman, Leland S ^a   Blanchard, Daniel G ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Eustachian valve; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030940358     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200613     Document Type: Article

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