Combined mitral and aortic homograft valve replacement for acute bacterial endocarditis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 267-268

  Amado Cattaneo, Roberto ^a,b  

^a Deaconess Medical Center Spokane   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical Associates PS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; HEART MURMUR; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032127434     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00406-8     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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