The surgical management of bacterial valvular endocarditis

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-85

  Ferguson, Edward ^a   Reardon, Michael J ^a   Letsou, George V ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLOGRAFT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; VALVE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VALVULOPLASTY;

DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034102325     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200003000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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