Infective endocarditis in the grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) population

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 166-173

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Somerville, J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grown up congenital heart disease; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; MUSTARD OPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031912963     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0821     Document Type: Article

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