Rapid progression of bacterial aortitis to an ascending aortic mycotic aneurysm documented by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 646-649

  Wein, Matthias ^a   Bartel, Thomas ^a   Kabatnik, Martin ^a   Sadony, Volker ^a   Dirsch, Olaf ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; APPARATUS; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035183261     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.111876     Document Type: Article

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