Annular abscesses in surgical endocarditis: Anatomic, clinical, and operative features

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 442-447

  Baumgartner, Fritz J ^a   Omari, Bassam O ^a   Robertson, John M ^a   Nelson, Ronald J ^a   Pandya, Avni ^a   Milliken, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FISTULA; HEART ABSCESS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033840357     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01363-1     Document Type: Article

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