Management of prosthetic valve endocarditis: A clinical challenge

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-246

  Tornos, Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037369267     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.3.245     Document Type: Review

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