Possible relationship between degenerative cardiac valvular pathology and Lyme disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 283-285

  Canver, Charles C ^a   Chanda, Jyotirmay ^a   DeBellis, David M ^a   Kelley, John M ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 0033914701     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01452-1     Document Type: Article

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