Eustachian valve endocarditis in an elderly woman

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-261

  Punzo, Francesco ^a   Guarini, Pasquale ^a,c   De Michele, Mario ^a   Accadia, Maria ^a   Irace, Luigi ^a   Caruso, Aurelio ^b   Corigliano, Giuseppe Granato ^a  

^a Loreto Nuovo Hospital   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Via Capaldo 30 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Eustachian valve

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032937258     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00811.x     Document Type: Article

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