Infective endocarditis in elderly patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 806-812

  Dhawan, Vinod K ^a  

^a King Crew Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037087066     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339045     Document Type: Article

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