Surgical treatment of infective mitral valve endocarditis: Predictors of early and late outcome

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-334

  Alexiou, Christos ^a   Langley, Stephen M ^a   Stafford, Helena ^a   Haw, Marcus P ^a   Livesey, Steven A ^a   Monro, James L ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034129784     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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