Surgery for tricuspid valve endocarditis: A selective approach

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Renzulli, Attilio ^a,b   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Carozza, Antonio ^a   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Gregorio, Rosario ^a   Ismeno, Gennaro ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Second University of Naples ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Tricuspid insufficiency; Tricuspid repair; Tricuspid valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0033374775     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482302     Document Type: Article

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