The advantage of repair of mitral valve in acute endocarditis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-98

  Sternik, Leonid ^a   Zehr, Kenton J ^a   Orszulak, Thomas A ^a   Mullany, Charles J ^a   Daly, Richard C ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHORDA TENDINEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036363224     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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