Long-term results and determinants of mortality after surgery for native and prosthetic valve endocarditis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 694-702

  Grunenfelder J ^a   Akins, C W ^a   Hilgenberg, A D ^a   Vlahakes, G J ^a   Torchiana, D F ^a   Madsen, J C ^a   MacGillivray, T E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS; HEART DISEASE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035210630     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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