Complete endocardial cushion defect (complete atrioventricular canal) manifested in adult life by Streptococcus mitis endocarditis of the common atrioventricular valve [6]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-110

  Gowda, Ramesh M ^a   Ansari, Abdul W ^a   Khan, Ijaz A ^b  

^a WOODHULL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular canal; Atrioventricular septal defect; Endocardial cushion defect; Streptococcus mitis; Subacute bacterial endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; ENDOCARDITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037407407     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00459-X     Document Type: Letter

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