Diagnostic value of echocardiography in infective endocarditis: A probabilistic approach

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1245-1251

  Cecchi, Enrico ^a   Chinaglia, Alessandra ^a   Parrini, Iris ^b   Pomari, Franco ^b   Brusca, Antonino ^b   Trinchero, Rita ^b  

^a MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FECC ^*

Author keywords

Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031444229     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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