Infected Left Atrial Myxoma with Mitral Valve Endocarditis

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-139

  Tanaka, Masashi ^a   Kawahito, Koji ^a   Adachi, Hideo ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^a   Ino, Takashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infected left atrial myxoma; Infective endocarditis; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; THROMBUS; TUMOR CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; MYXOMA;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MYXOMA;

EID: 0036516538     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02913478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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