Infective endocarditis with myocardial abscesses complicating percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 665-667

  Shibata, Toshihiko ^a   Hirai, Hidekazu ^a   Fujii, Hiromichi ^a   Aoyama, Takanobu ^a   Seuhiro, Shigefumi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CREATINE KINASE; PIPERACILLIN;

AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ABSCESS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ABSCESS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036738026     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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