Aortic root abscess with fistula formation

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1436-1438

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b   Yucel, E Kent ^a   Bernard, Sheilah ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

abscess; aortic root; endocarditis; magnetic resonance imaging; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDITIS; FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030941937     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1436     Document Type: Article

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