Cardiac Whipple's disease without digestive symptoms

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 250-251

  Elkins, Craig ^a   Shuman, Todd A ^a   Pirolo, John S ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Surgery Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0033028640     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01204-1     Document Type: Article

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