Staphylococcal postoperative subannular left ventricular false aneurysm

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-245

  Ortu, Paolo ^a   Mestres, Carlos A ^a,b   Miró, José M ^a   Pomar, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute mitral valve endocarditis; Cryopreserved arterial homograft; False aneurysm of the left ventricle; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORACIC AORTA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA, THORACIC; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0037310570     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00740-6     Document Type: Article

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