Diagnosis of myocardial abscess after acute myocardial infarction by transesophageal echocardiography: Case report and short review of published data

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 581-584

  Vinereanu, Dragos ^a   Musumeci, Francesco ^a   Fraser, Alan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myocardial abscess; Myocardial infarction; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032856417     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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