Aortitis with multiple aneurysms mimicking infective endocarditis

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-109

  Veinot, John P ^a,c   Lorimer, John W ^a,c   Walley, Virginia M ^a,c   Turek, Michele ^a,c   Saginur, Raphael ^a,c   Rubens, Fraser ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic valve; Infective endocarditis; Takayasu's disease; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 0033041226     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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