Tricuspid repair for infective endocarditis: Clinical and echocardiographic results

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-101

  Carozza, Antonio ^a   Renzulli, Attilio ^a,b   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Ismeno, Gennaro ^a   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Dialetto, Giovanni ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial diagnosis etiology surgery; Endocarditis; Heart valve diseases surgery; Tricuspid valve insufficiency etiology pathology surgery; Tricuspid valve repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT INFECTION; SUDDEN DEATH; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0034961637     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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