Diagnosis of culture-negative endocarditis: The role of the Duke criteria and the impact of transesophageal echocardiography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 146-152

  Kupferwasser, Leon Iri ^a   Darius, Harald ^a   Müller, Annette M ^b   Martin, Conchita ^a   Mohr Kahaly, Susanne ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^c   Meyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a Department of Medicine II ^*  (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034948673     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.115586     Document Type: Article

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