Risk factors and management of endocarditis after mitral valve repair

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 660-664

  Karavas, Alexandros N ^a   Filsoufi, Farzan ^a   Mihaljevic, Tomislav ^a   Aranki, Sary F ^a   Cohn, Lawrence H ^a   Byrne, John G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036739471     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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