Combined mitral and tricuspid valve repair in acute infective endocarditis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-449

  Pratali, Stefano ^a   Nardi, Carmela ^a   Di Gregorio, Omar ^a   Becherini, Francesco ^a   Milano, Aldo ^a   Bortolotti, Uberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032839220     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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