Acquired atrial septal defect as a complication of endocarditis - A case report

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 865-869

  Prinz, Andreas ^a,b,c   Akosah, Kwame O ^a,b   Jackson, Paul ^a,b   Mohanty, Pramod K ^a,b  

^a McGuire Vet Affairs Medical Center ^*

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031668319     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900912     Document Type: Article

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